Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Constitution Illustrated

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Up until now, the US Constitution has proven to be a sturdy and adaptable document that has guided the country through troubled times by de...
Thursday, October 5, 2023

The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood

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I am a big fan of Brian "Box" Brown , a comics artist who uses a clean, minimalist art style to tell many a nonfiction tale. Here,...
Saturday, February 5, 2022

Montana Diary

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Montana Diary is an interesting travelogue/mini-comic that melds history with current politics. It is about a road trip through "Big Sk...
Friday, November 5, 2021

History Comics: The American Bison: The Buffalo's Survival Tale

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I have been very impressed by the History Comics series of graphic novels, and this entry The American Bison pairs will thematically with ...
Thursday, September 30, 2021

Our Stories Carried Us Here

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Our Stories Carried Us is a graphic anthology of first-person narratives told by immigrants to the US. They came from a variety of countries...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Action Presidents, Books 3 & 4

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I reviewed the first two volumes in this series last year, but they have recently been re-issued in color, to coincide with these two new, ...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Strange Fruit Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History

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I very much enjoyed the first Strange Fruit book, so much that I included it in a chapter in a book on children's literature in the c...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

March: Book Three

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I have been remiss in reading this book, especially since it won a National Book Award . I thought that the second book in the trilogy wa...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

March: Book Two

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The second book in a trilogy can feel padded out, like the author is laying the groundwork for the grand conclusion but still holding back...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The Comic Book Story of Beer

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First off, I love both comics and beer, so this book should be right up my alley. Second, even if I did not love both of those things I wo...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Harvey Pekar's Cleveland

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Harvey Pekar was a pioneering colossus of autobiographical comics, and this was among his last books, a graphic history about the place t...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The Age of Selfishness: Ayn Rand, Morality, and the Financial Crisis

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The Age of Selfishness is one of those books that makes me blanch that these things are called graphic "novels." This book is mo...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Reading with Pictures

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Reading with Pictures is a non-profit organization started by comics creator Josh Elder , who is known for his work on Mail Order Ninja ....
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood

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If you have read my other reviews of books in this series, you may remember that I feel they may be the best historical graphic novels I h...
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