comic books, strips, etc

Presents the legend of Revolutionary War heroine Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, better known as Molly Pitcher, in graphic novel format, describing her bravery in the Battle of Monmouth.

A graphic novel that depicts the controversial life of Leon Trotsky, a Bolshevik and Marxist theorist, describing his involvement in the Russian Revolution, his multiple imprisonments and exiles, and related topics.

A graphic novel based on the author's 1995-96 visits to Gora?de, one of the U.N.-created "safe areas" in Eastern Bosnia, showing the brutality and humanity that coexisted there during the Bosnian War of 1992-95.

A graphic memoir about growing up with a remote dad who managed a funeral home while hiding his homosexuality. Includes adult content.

Writer and cartoonist Alison Bechdel writes about her relationship with her mother.

Contains black-and-white comic strip images in which the author continues the story of her life, discussing her move from Iran to Vienna in 1984, her feelings of alienation in the foreign country, and her return home where she starts college, falls in love, and questions whether she can continue to live in the repressive society.

A graphic depiction of the life of Roberto Clemente that discusses his childhood, success in baseball, mission off the field, death, and other related topics.

An autobiographical comic which chronicles the experiences of Alissa Torres after her husband Eddie was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, leaving her to face a whirlwind of bureaucracy, politics, mourning, and impending childbirth and single motherhood.

In a series of graphic essays, the author portrays his experiences working with patients in a psychiatric hospital and as a patient himself when he was treated for severe anxiety and depression, in an effort to inform readers about the truths of mental illness and dispel common misconceptions.

A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who went on the run after shooting a young girl and was later found dead, shot by members of his own gang.