historical comics

A graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel about the hunchback Quasimodo and his love for the beautiful Gypsy, Esmeralda.

A graphic novel adaptation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.

A graphic novel adaptation in which in 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

". . . brings together both famous and obscure writers from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and highlights their history, hardships, and influence-on the written word . . . Framed by short biographies, bibliographies, and fun facts"--Provided by publisher.

Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Korean War correspondent Marguerite Higgins, who risked her life in dangerous situations to provide eyewitness accounts of many of the major events of the war.

A graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's novel in which Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl.

"When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island's sinister true purpose as well as the truth of her own past. When Eleanor's life is threatened, Margaret is faced with a perilous choice between helping Eleanor and protecting herself"--OCLC.

"This volume features all story pages from Malika: warrior queen volumes 1 and 2 …. And also collects the one-shot stories 'Malika : dragon trials '(2017) and 'WindMaker : birth of a king' (2018), originally published by YouNeek Studios" -- Title page verso.

A graphic novel adaptation in which in 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

"... Silvano Landi is a successful writer, who at age 50, sees his family leaving him and his life harshly falling apart. Landi's great-grandfather, Mauro, is an anxious soldier being fed to the maw carnage in the First World War"--Back cover.