Denis Gifford
Denis Gifford was a writer, broadcaster, journalist, comic artist and historian of film, comics, television and radio. Gifford wrote, and drew, and collected British comics. He contributed to radio and television programs; and directed several short films. He wrote more than fifty books on the creators, performers, characters and history of popular media, some of which capture the history of film and comics in Britain, accounts from people who worked in those media, and lost films, titles, and uncredited creators. He created detailed filmographies of every fiction, non-fiction and animated film ever released in Britain, and of early animated films in the U.S., and the first catalogue that listed every comic published in the UK.
Books
Books and Plays in Films, 1896-1915
1991
ISBN 9780720120806
British Film Catalogue
2016
ISBN 9781317836971
Movie Monsters
1969
ISBN 9780289797006
Discovering comics
1971
ISBN 9780852631287
The armchair Odeon
1974
ISBN 9780852423875
The World Encyclopedia of Comics
1976
ISBN 9780877540427
Monsters of the movies
1977
ISBN 9780552541183
Bless 'Em All!
1989
ISBN 9781874723202
British Cinema
1968
ISBN 9780302004845
A Pictorial History of Horror Movies
1973
ISBN 9780600373087
The British film catalogue, 1895-1970
1973
ISBN 9780715355725
Chaplin (The Movie makers)
1974
ISBN 9780385011235
The British comic catalogue, 1874-1974
1975
ISBN 9780720105292
Happy days
1975
ISBN 090404133X
The international book of comics
1984
ISBN 9780603035746
The Golden Age of Radio
1985
ISBN 9780713442359
The British Film Catalogue 1895-1985
1986
ISBN 9780715388358
Encyclopedia of comic characters
1987
ISBN 9780582892941
British animated films, 1895-1985
1987
ISBN 9780899502410
The complete catalogue of British comics including price guide
1987
ISBN 9780863500794
The Great Cartoon Stars
1988
ISBN 9781870630559
"Eagle" Book of Cutaways
1988
ISBN 9780863502859
The Comic Art of Charlie Chaplin
1989
ISBN 9780948248214
The Best of "Eagle" Annual, 1951-59
1989
ISBN 9780863503450