Graphic novels biographies
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10 Graphic Biographies Bring Notable Figures to Life | Stellar Panels
Graphic biographies have long been a staple of school and library publishers. Even in the dark ages of the 1980s and 1990s, when graphic novels for young readers all but disappeared from bookstores and comic shops, educational publishers kept producing them, perhaps for the obvious reason that children like them.
As the graphic format has grown in recent years, so have the number and variety of graphic biographies. Publishers and creators are finding new people to profile and new formats for bringing their stories to readers. Many graphic biographies are coming over from France, where the format has long been popular.
These titles raise the same issue as all biographies, plus a few more. Accuracy is key, and with graphic biographies, that includes images depicting the setting as well as the facts of the subject’s life. A good biographer will consult contemporary images to ensure that clothing, objects, and backgrounds are correct for the period. Many graphic biographies, like their prose counterparts, include source notes or a bibliography. Every biographer must decide which events to include and which to omit, as well as what context to provide. Some authors discuss those choices in a helpful introduct
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Graphic Novel Memoirs and Biographies
The graphic novel format lends itself beautifully to illustrated life stories, either of the author's own life or another person's. Here are some recommendations from our librarians.
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Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists, David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother.
Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed.
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A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.
A real-time memoir of four turbulent years in the life of renowned cartoonist and diarist Gabrielle Bell.
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Biographies in Chart Novel Form
Debus, Luca & Francesco Matteuzzi. Funny Things: A Sidesplitting Strip Story of River M. Cartoonist. Top Bookshelf. Aug. 2023. 440p. ISBN 9781603095266. $39.99. BIOG
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