OTHER COMIX WITH CONTENT

Chester the Crab’s series matches many state standards, but teachers interested in finding other non-fiction comic books for their students should look for the following titles at a bookstore, Amazon.com or your local comic book shop (found in the yellow pages under “comic”).

Title Author Publisher ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND UP When Virginia Was the Wild West (history of the 1600s) Colonial Williamsburg Dr. Seuss Goes to War (World War II) Richard Minear New Press Epic Battles of the Civil War Various Historical Souvenir Explore Black History with Wee Pals Morrie Turner Just Us Books Graphic Battles of the Civil War Various Rosen Book Works Alley Oop collections (funny mix of a comic character with history) Dragon Lady Press 1602 (Elizabethan) Various Marvel Comics Time Warp Trio graphic novels Jon Scieszka Harper Trophy

MIDDLE SCHOOL AND UP Cartoon History of the Universe (natural science history) Larry Gonick Harper Perennial Cartoon History of the U.S. (survey of U.S. history) Larry Gonick Harper Perennial 9-11, vol. 1 and vol. 2 Various DC Comics Four Immigrants Manga (Victorian era) Henry Kiyama Stone Bridge Press Still I Rise (African-American survey history) Roland Laird Jr. Norton

HIGH SCHOOL AND UP Enemy Ace (/Vietnam) George Pratt DC Comics Fax from Sarajevo (1990s Balkans conflict) Dark Horse Comics The Jew of New York (history of early 1800s NY) Ben Katchor Pantheon Books Last Day in Vietnam Will Eisner Dark Horse Comics Latino USA (survey of Hispanic-American history) Basic Books Berlin (Germany in 1920s, 30s) Jason Lutes Black Eye Productions Maus (Holocaust and survivor’s guilt, MATURE)Art Spiegelman U.S. (alternative US history, MATURE) Alex Ross Vertigo Comics KING (Civil Rights movement, MATURE) Ho Che Anderson Fantagraphic Books 9/11 Report Sid Jacobson Hill and Wang