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American Born Chinese LibGuide: Other Graphic Novels

Other Graphic Novels

 


American Born Chinese by Gene Yang

-- Race & Identity, Immigration, Asian Culture, Stereotypes/Prejudice


A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld.

-- Natural Disasters, Poverty


AIDS in the Endzone by Kendra S. Albright and Karen W. Gavigan with students at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice,  Illustrated by Sarah Petrulis

-- AIDS


Americus by Adrian Neibauer

-- Censorship, Politics


The Arrival by Shaun Tan

-- Immigration

Black Panther, Book One: A Nation Under Our Feet  by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze.

-- Politics, Philosophy


Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang

-- Religious Persecution; Race & Identity, Asian Culture


Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White  by Lila Quintero Weaver

-- Racial Discrimination, Prejudice, Immigration


Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by J. P. Stassen

-- Genocide;,War, Religious Persecution

Dogs of War by Sheila Keenan and Nathan Fox

-- War, Heroism, Military

Drowned City by Don Brown

-- Natural Disasters, Poverty

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El Deafo by Cece Bell

-- Hearing Impairment, Autobiography

47 Ronin by Mike Richardson and Stan Sakai

-- War, Politics


A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached

-- War, Religious Persecution


Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels by Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri and Laurence Hyde

-- War, Religious Freedom, Labor Movements, Weapons of Mass Destruction

Other Graphic Novels


Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deusch

-- Religious Persecution, Female Empowerment


Jews in America: A Cartoon History by David Gantz

-- Civil Rights, Jewish Culture


Latino USA: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stavans, illustrated by Lalo Alcaraz

-- Civil Rights, Latino, Race & Identity


March Trilogy by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

-- Civil Rights, Race & Identity, Discrimination


Maus by Art Spiegelman

-- War, Prejudice, Imprisonment


My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

-- Mental Illness, Disability, Family Dysfunction

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Pedro and Me by Judd Winick

-- AIDS, Sexual Identity


Persepolis & Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi

-- Social Justice/World Issues: War, Freedom, Religious Persecution/Identity, Gender

The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefevre, and Frederic Lemercier

-- War, Politics


The Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Niko Henrichon

-- War, Freedom and Independence, Animal Cruelty

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Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Sturm and Rich Tommaso

-- Race & Identity, Discrimination, Athletics


Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans by Charles R. Johnson and Roland Owen Laird

-- Race & Identity, Discrimination


Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince

-- Gender Inequality, Gender Stereotypes, Gender Roles

Turning 15 On the Road to Freedom:  My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March, written by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley, illustrated by PJ Loughran

-- Civil Rights, Discrimination


Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy Duburke

-- Gang Culture; Race & Identity; Poverty

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