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A Peanuts Christmas

2002
Presents all of the "Peanuts" Christmas comic strips from 1950 through 1999, chronicling nearly fifty years of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and friends' holidays joys and angst.

Julius Caesar

the life of a Roman general
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Julius Caesar, and describes the origin of Rome, Roman Democracy, and Caesar's quest for power.

Tales from Shakespeare

seven plays
2004
Retells seven of Shakespeare's plays--"Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Macbeth," "The Winter's Tale," "Julius Caesar," and "The Tempest"--in comic book format.

Great Expectations

1990
After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving. Presented in comic book format.

Spartacus

the life of a Roman gladiator
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Spartacus, and chronicles early Rome and the Roman Republic, Roman expansion, gladiators, and Spartacus's uprising which nearly brought down Rome.

Elizabeth I

the life of England's Renaissance queen
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and chronicles her rise to power in 1558, the royal House of Tudor, and the passing of the English throne to the Stuarts in 1603.

Cleopatra

the life of an Egyptian queen
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt,and chronicles her rise to power, the Ptolemaic dynasty, and relationship with Julius Caesar.

Alexander the Great

the life of a king and conqueror
2005
Presents a graphic biography of Alexander the Great that follows his conquests and rise to power after the death of his father Philip II, and provides a short history of his empire and the division of the land after his own death.

Abraham Lincoln

the life of America's sixteenth president
2005
Examines the life of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States who led the country in civil war in an effort to end slavery and preserve the Union. Presented in graphic novel form.

Garfield rounds out

1988
In selections from the comic strip, Garfield goes on a diet, eats watermelon, unravels dental floss, and has other fat cat adventures.

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