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The lives of Sacco and Vanzetti

the crime, the evidence, a global cause
2011
A graphic novel account of the lives and deaths of Italian immigrants and admitted anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were accused of murder in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1920, tried, convicted, and executed, in a case that caused an uproar around the world due to the questionable circumstances surrounding the case.

Excalibur

the legend of King Arthur, a graphic novel
2011
Retells, in graphic novel form, the tale of Arthur Pendragon who, raised in obscurity, draws a legendary sword from a stone and begins the life he was born to lead, guided by the elusive wizard Merlin.

A People's history of American empire

a graphic adaptation
2008
A graphic adaptation of Howard Zinn's revisionist history of the United States, chronicling events from 1492 to the War on Terror from the perspective of African-Americans, women, Native Americans, and poor laborers of all nationalities, who have been politically and economically exploited.

The photographer

2009
A graphic novel and photo journal that follows reporter Didier Lefevre on a dangerous journey through Afghanistan with the Doctors Without Borders mission.

Footnotes in Gaza

2010
A graphic novel that explores the 1956 incident that left more than one hundred Palestinians dead in 1956 in Rafah, a small town at the tip of the Gaza Strip.

The murders in the Rue Morgue

2013
Retold in graphic novel form, Auguste Dupin solves the mystery of the strange murders in Paris, France.

Green River killer

a true detective story
2011
A graphic novel account of Detective Tom Jensen's work on the Green River Killer case, a twenty-year search for the killer of more than forty-eight women and girls in the Seattle, Washington, area. The case culminated in Jensen's interviewing and working with the killer, Gary Leon Ridgeway, for more than six months in 2003, to locate the remains of some of the victims and bring closure to their families.

The Eastern Front

2012
Contains accounts of World War II's Eastern Front in graphic novel format, including a German private's lucky escape during the Battle of Stalingrad, and how a Russian commander inspired his troops during the advance into Romania.

The Western Front

2012
Contains accounts of the World War II western front, in graphic novel format, including how a British fighter pilot helped win the Battle of Britain, and how an American sergeant helped capture the bridge at Remagen.

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