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Non-fiction Comics
Non-fiction comics, also known as graphic non-fiction, is non-fiction in the comics medium, embracing a variety of formats from comic strips to trade paperbacks. Comic strips and comic books Traditionally, comic strips have long offered factual material in this category, notably ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'', John Hix's ''Strange as It Seems'', Ralph Graczak's '' Our Own Oddities'', King Features' ''Heroes of American History'', Gordon Johnston's ''It Happened in Canada'', and others. ''Dick's Adventures in Dreamland'' was another attempt by King Features to teach history with comics. Clayton Knight created a strip about aviators, ''The Hall of Fame of the Air'' (1935–40), later collected in a book. ''Texas History Movies'', which began on October 5, 1926, in ''The Dallas Morning News'', received praise from educators, as did ''America's Best Buy: The Louisiana Purchase'', a 1953 daily strip in the ''New Orleans States'', distributed nationally by the Register and Tribune Syndi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The K Chronicles
''The K Chronicles'' is an autobiographical weekly comic strip by the independent cartoonist Keith Knight that has been produced since the early 1990s. Knight is an African-American artist whose comics often explore themes relevant to his racial heritage, as well as current events, both personal to Knight and general to the world. Publication history Until February 2010 ''The K Chronicles'' was updated every Wednesday at Salon.com. The strip previously appeared in the ''San Francisco Examiner''. Story and characters Keith "Keef" Knight — The cartoonist and protagonist. The strip centers mainly around his life. Kerstin Konietzka-Knight — Keith's German-born wife. George W. Bush — Keith mercilessly lampooned the 43rd President of the United States and his administration. In many strips, Bush is shown as a child, or having the mind of one, as shown by his tiny size and frequent childish giggling. Dick Cheney — In contrast to Bush, Vice President Cheney appears in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzgerald Publishing
''Golden Legacy'' was the umbrella title for a line of educational black history comic books published by Fitzgerald Publishing Co. from 1966 to 1976. ''Golden Legacy'' published comic book biographies of such notable figures as Toussaint Louverture, Harriet Tubman, Crispus Attucks, Benjamin Banneker, Matthew Henson, Alexandre Dumas, Frederick Douglass, Robert Smalls, Joseph Cinqué, Walter F. White, Roy Wilkins, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Alexander Pushkin, Lewis Howard Latimer, and Granville Woods. After acquiring corporate sponsorship from Coca-Cola Company and a number of other prominent corporations, ''Golden Legacy'' published a total of nine million copies of its 16 32-page full-color volumes, distributing many of them to schools, libraries, churches, and civil rights organizations. ''Golden Legacy'' was the brainchild of African American accountant Bertram Fitzgerald, who also wrote seven of the volumes. Many of the other contributors to the ''Golden Leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |