A post featuring a jumping off point for a specific graphic novel.
Title: Vagabond Author(s): Takehiko Inoue Artist(s): Takehiko Inoue Category: Historical, Biographical Languages: Japanese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: Violence Synopsis: Vagabond is the tale of Miyamoto Musashi, one of the most revered swordsmen and philosophers in all of Japanese history, treading the line between manga and graphic novel. The series […]
Title: Rurouni Kenshin Author(s): Nobuhiro Watsuki Artist(s): Nobuhiro Watsuki Category: Based-On Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, Indonesian, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Chinese, Polish Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Violence, some graphic. Synopsis: Following the story of a wandering samurai, or ronin, Rurouni Kenshin tells a fictionalized, but historically based tale of the struggles of the Meiji […]
Title: March Author(s): John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Artist(s): Nate Powell Category: Autobiographical Languages: English, French (Books 1 & 2), Italian (Book 1) Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Racist Language, Violence Synopsis: March is the three part, graphic novel autobiography of Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis’s life. It begins all the way back […]
Title: Boxers & Saints Author(s): Gene Luen Yang Artist(s): Gene Luen Yang Category: Based-On Languages: English, French Grade Level(s): 9-12 Mature Content?: Violence Synopsis: Boxers & Saints is series of two parallel graphic novels, exploring two sides of the Boxer Rebellion in China. Boxers follows the story and perspective of Little Bao, a rural Chinese […]
Title: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Author(s): Alison Bechdel Artist(s): Alison Bechdel Category: Autobiographical Languages: English, French, Spanish,Italian, Hungarian, Korean, German, Greek, Turkish, Chinese Grade Level(s): 10-12 Mature Content?: Nudity, some sex Synopsis: Fun Home is a memoir, in which Alison Bechdel tells the story of her relationship with her father and, to some extent, her […]
Title: Mom’s Cancer Author(s): Brian Fies Artist(s): Brian Fies Category: Autobiographical, Science, Medicine Languages: English, French Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?:N/A Synopsis: When Brian Fies’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, he began cataloguing and dealing with the ordeal in a web comic and had no idea what the ending would turn out to be. Mom’s Cancer […]
Title: Radioactive: A Tale of Love and Fallout Author(s): Lauren Redniss Artist(s): Lauren Redniss Category: Science, Biographical Languages: English Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Affairs, some nudity Synopsis: Radioactive: A Tale of Love and Fallout tells the story of Marie and Pierre Curie, the nobel prize winning couple that helped pioneer the radioactive sciences. Redniss’s […]
Title: El Deafo Author(s): Cece Bell Artist(s): Cece Bell Category: Autobiographical Languages: English, French Grade Level(s): 4-8 Mature Content?: N/A Synopsis: El Deafo is Cece Bell’s autobiography. At age 4, Bell got meningitis, leaving her suddenly deaf. In order to integrate her into a classroom, the school adopted a special system that integrated with her hearing […]
Title: Palestine Author(s): Joe Sacco Artist(s): Joe Sacco Category: Autobiographical, Politics, Middle East Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, Finnish, Turkish, Russian, German, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, Polish, Serbian, Galician Grade Level(s): 10-12 Mature Content?: Graphic Violence, Language, Possible Anti-semitism Synopsis: In 1991-1992, Joe Sacco spent two months as an “adventure journalist” visiting settlements in the […]
Title: Pride of Baghdad Author(s): Brian K. Vaughn Artist(s): Niko Henrichon Category: Based-On a True Story, Politics, War Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, Czech, Farsi, German, Turkish, Norwegian, Greek Grade Level(s): 7-12 Mature Content?: Graphic Violence, Language Synopsis: In April of 2003, four lions escaped from the zoo in Baghdad, Iraq during a US […]
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