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comics

  1. Action Philosophers! Fred Van Lente Two millennia of philosophy in comic book form – from the pre-Socratics to Jacques Derrida, by way of Rene Descartes, John Stuart Mill, and Carl Jung.

    Action Philosophers!

    Fred Van Lente

    Two millennia of philosophy in comic book form – from the pre-Socratics to Jacques Derrida, by way of Rene Descartes, John Stuart Mill, and Carl Jung.
  2. The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From “Kubla Khan” to the Brontë Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Russ Kick Some of today’s most exciting graphic artists adapt a remarkable spectrum of literature since 1800, spanning everything from “the bad boys of Romanticism” — Keats, Byron, and Shelley — to cornerstones of science and philosophy like Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra.

    The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From “Kubla Khan” to the Brontë Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray

    by Russ Kick

    Some of today’s most exciting graphic artists adapt a remarkable spectrum of literature since 1800, spanning everything from “the bad boys of Romanticism” — Keats, Byron, and Shelley — to cornerstones of science and philosophy like Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra.
  3. Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel Richard H. Minear & Dr. Seuss A collection of Dr. Seuss’s little-known wartime propaganda cartoons.

    Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel

    Richard H. Minear & Dr. Seuss

    A collection of Dr. Seuss’s little-known wartime propaganda cartoons.
  4. Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb Jonathan Fetter-Vorm Writer and illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm suggests that the story of the atomic bomb is perhaps something told best not through thousands of government documents, but instead drawn on a chalkboard. The result is a concise and beautiful grasp on one of the most complex and essential events of the twentieth century — and a fine testament to the power of graphic storytelling in serious nonfiction.

    Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

    Jonathan Fetter-Vorm

    Writer and illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm suggests that the story of the atomic bomb is perhaps something told best not through thousands of government documents, but instead drawn on a chalkboard. The result is a concise and beautiful grasp on one of the most complex and essential events of the twentieth century — and a fine testament to the power of graphic storytelling in serious nonfiction.
  5. Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson Will Bingley Fear and loathing in six panels.

    Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson

    Will Bingley

    Fear and loathing in six panels.