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Continuing into this era:
- Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth
- Covers the evolution of life on Earth from its beginnings to the present day.
- Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me
- Details the history of the Israelites, Jews and Israelis from the time of Abraham onwards.
- Action Philosophers!
- details the lives and ideas of philosophers throughout human history
- The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad
- Covers the history of the world from the American Revolution to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 21st century.
- Fight the Power!: A Visual History of Protest Among the English Speaking Peoples
- Details a variety of protests taking place between 1791 and 2013.
- Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland
- Details the history of Cleveland from 1795 to 2012.
- The Case of Madeleine Smith
- (1836 – 1928)
- George Washington Carver: Ingenious Inventor
- (January 1864 – January 5, 1943)
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Buffalo Soldiers and the American West
- (1866 – 1951)
- Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman
- (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940)
- Houdini: The Handcuff King
- (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926)
- Mata Hari
- (1876 – 1917)
- Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
- (1876 – 1939)
- Stagger Lee
- A fictionalised account of the the origin of the song itself, and the true incident in 1895 that inspired it, covering the years from 1877 – 1996.
- Helen Keller: Courageous Advocate
- (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
- Gandhi: A Manga Biography
- (1880 – 1948)
- Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story
- (1880’s – 1966)
- Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World
- (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962)
- Cravan: Mystery Man of the Twentieth Century
- (1887 – 1960)
- Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
- (1889 – 1980)
- A People’s History of American Empire
- Covers selected incidents from the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 through to the Iraq War in 2003.
- The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song
- (1893 – Spring 1967)
- J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
- (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)
- Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium
- (1896 – 1972)
- Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography
- (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)
- Munch
- The life of painter Edward Munch, 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944.
Beginning in this era:
- The Beats: A Graphic History
- Covers Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs and the other Beats from 1914 – 1997.
- Gallipoli: The Landing
- (April 1915)
- Reg Saunders: An Indigenous War Hero
- (1916 – 1990)
- Modigliani
- (1917 – 1920)
- Jallianwalla Bagh
- Details the massacre at Jallianwalla Bagh on April 13, 1919, its background and aftermath.
- Shackleton and the Lost Antarctic Expedition
- (1921 – 1922)
- The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb
- (1922)
- J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
- (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)
- Feynman
- The life of Richard Feynman, from 1923 to 1988.
- Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography
- Covers the life of Malcolm X, 1925 – 1965.
- Brownsville
- (1925 – 1954)
- Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie
- (December 7, 1926 – November 1974)
- Coltrane
- (September 23, 1926 – July 21, 1967)
- Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan
- (1926 – 1939)
- Nelson Mandela: The Life of an African Statesman
- (1927 – 1990)
- Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers
- (March 31, 1927, – April 23, 1993)
- Che: A Graphic Biography
- (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967)
- Ethel and Ernest: A True Story
- (1928 – 1971)
- The Lindbergh Child
- (1932 – 1936)
- The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography
- Begins in 1933, and continues through this period.
- Union Station
- Details the events of, and leading up to, the Kansas City Massacre, a shootout on the morning of June 17, 1933.
- King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (The Complete Edition)
- Covers the life of Martin Luther King, 1929 – 1968.
- Martin Luther King Jr.: The Life of a Civil Rights Leader
- (1934 – 1968)
- Torso: A True Crime Graphic Novel
- Details the case of the Cleveland Torso Murderer from 1934 to 1938
- Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist
- (1934 – present)
- Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness
- Covers the life of Johnny Cash from 1935 – 2003.
- The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
- Details the Holocaust from a survivor’s perspective from the mid 1930’s to 1945.
- The Hindenburg Disaster
- (May 6, 1937)
- Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson
- The life of Hunter Thompson from 1937 – 2005.
- March, Book One
- The life of Congressman John Lewis and the Civil Rights movement in the USA from 1940.
- The Beatles Experience
- Begins in 1940, and continues past this period.
- Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Track Star
- (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994)
- Day of Infamy: Attack on Pearl Harbor
- The Attack on Pearl Harbor
- (December 7, 1941)
- The Empire Falls: Battle of Midway
- (4 June – 7 June 1942)
- Fight to the Death: Battle of Guadalcanal
- (August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943)
- The Tide Turns: D-Day Invasion
- (June 6, 1944)
- Fallout
- Covers the Manhattan Project and the scientists who worked on it, both during and after the war
- Hitler’s Last Gamble: Battle of the Bulge
- (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945)
- Island of Terror: Battle of Iwo Jima
- (February 19 – March 26, 1945)
- Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
- Barefoot Gen, Vol. 2: The Day After
- Barefoot Gen, Vol. 3: Life After the Bomb
- Barefoot Gen, Vol. 4: Out of the Ashes
- Details the the nuclear attack on Hiroshima in 1945 from the point of view of the residents
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