Last Updated: July 30, 2017
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.
- Buffalo Soldiers and the American West
- (1866 – 1951)
- 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)
- The Beats: A Graphic History
- Covers Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs and the other Beats from 1914 – 1997.
- J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
- (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)
- The Comic Book History of Comics
- (1896 – 2012)
- 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)
- Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers
- (March 31, 1927, – April 23, 1993)
- Nelson Mandela: The Life of an African Statesman
- (1927 – 1990)
- Che: A Graphic Biography
- (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967)
- 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)
- The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography
- Begins in 1933, and continues through this period.
- Jane Goodall: Animal Scientist
- (1934 – present)
- Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness
- Covers the life of Johnny Cash from 1935 – 2003.
- 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 to 1960.
- The Beatles Experience
- Begins in 1940, and concludes in 1991.
- Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Track Star
- (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994)
- Brought To Light: A Graphic Docudrama
- Details the history of the CIA from 1947 to 1987
- Fallout
- Covers the Manhattan Project and the scientists who worked on it, both during and after the war
Beginning in this era:
- Laika
- details the life of the first dog in space (1954 – 1957)
- Muhammad Ali: The Life of a Boxing Hero
- Covers Ali’s career in the ring and after, from 1954 though to 1996.
- Steve Jobs: Insanely Great
- Covers the life of Steve Jobs from 1955 to 2011.
- Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- (1955 – 1956)
- T-Minus: The Race to the Moon
- From the launch of Sputnik, the first human-made satellite on Oct 4, 1957, to the first human landing on the moon on July 20, 1969.
- First In Space
- Details the use of animals in the US space program in the 1960’s.
- Castro
- Begins in 1958 and concludes in 2008.
- Capote In Kansas
- (1959 – 1965)
- March, Book Two
- The life of Congressman John Lewis and the Civil Rights movement in the USA from 1960 to 1963.
- Baby’s in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles in Hamburg
- (1960 – 1962)
- March, Book Three
- The life of Congressman John Lewis and the Civil Rights movement in the USA from 1963 to 1965.
- Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965
- Green River Killer: A True Detective Story
- Covers the killings of and hunt for the Green River Killer, beginning in 1965 and ending in 2005.
- Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History
- Covers the history of the SDS in the 1960s and 70s.
- The First Moon Landing
- July 21, 1969.
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