New1914 – 1945

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)

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)

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)

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)

The Comic Book History of Comics

(1896 – 2012)

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)

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)

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)

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