A vivid and striking portrayal of one of US history's most epic battles, The Graphic History of Gettysburg by Wayne Vansant gives a play by play of the Battle of Gettysburg with elaborate illustrations to complement his text. Moments leading up to the battle are described extensively, as well as key players in the famous battle, and the roles they played in the military tactics of July 1863. Significant events such as the fight for Little Round Top and Pickett's charge are covered in great detail, with maps of union and confederate battle lines included. Vansant's graphic novel format is an innovative and visually appealing alternative to textbook delivery of information surrounding one of the most famous battles in American history. A must-read waiting for you at the HHS Library!
In his nonfiction comic, Neufeld recounts five different true stories of survival in the days before and after 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina. Those residents who did not, or were unable to evacuate New Orleans were forced to navigate deep waters or seek refuge in their attics or on their rooftops. After the city's levee systems were breached by the powerful storm surge, some areas of New Orleans were submerged in over 15 feet of water, with several buildings simply being swept away. Neufeld depicts the stories of Denise (a sixth-generation New Orleans resident with a master's degree in guidance and counseling), Leo and Michelle (twenty-something natives of New Orleans: Leo - a publisher of a local music zine; Michelle - a waitress and gymnastics instructor), Abbas and Darnell (Abbas - an Iranian-born New Orleanian, father of two, and owner of a family-run convenience store; Darnell - Abbas's friend who stays behind to help Abbas weather the storm in the convenience store), Kwame (high school student and son of a prominent pastor), and Brobson (the doctor living in the French Quarter who refuses to evacuate, instead hosting a hurricane party).
Neufeld does an incredible job of illustrating the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina and the general sentiment of New Orleans residents being told to prepare for the worst storm in the city's history. As the weather conditions become more and more dire. Neufeld's graphic panels are rich with the emotions and anxieties of his profiled residents as they prepare for, and ultimately survive the massive storm. The havoc wreaked by the hurricane was staggering; A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge poignantly articulates the accounts of residents as they navigated the crisis, evacuation, and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A very moving read!
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke
A graphic novel dramatization of the true story of eleven-year-old Robert "Yummy" Sandifer's life and death. Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty explores the gang-related events that shook Chicago in 1994. A member of the Black Disciples gang, Yummy lived in the high-crime Roseland neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. Another sad story of parental neglect, Yummy alternates between his grandmother's home and his teddy bear, and carrying a gun and running ruthless "errands" for more senior members of the Black Disciples. In an act of gang-related violence, Yummy accidentally shoots and kills an innocent bystander, 14-year-old Shavon Dean. Stunning black and white panels tell the story of Yummy's hiding from the police, the community's reaction to and mourning of the young girl's death, and the grievous consequences wreaked by a single violent act. A riveting, tragic story - you won't be able to put this one down!
A vivid portrayal of the building and dropping of the first atomic bomb, this graphic novel narrates the timeline and efforts of the Manhattan Project. Exquisitely detailed diagrams outline the importance of achieving a chain reaction in the production of nuclear energy, and the work of scientists, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer diligently engineering the atomic bomb. Black and white panels serve the novel well in depicting the stark, desert landscape of New Mexico - host to the atomic bomb's birth and test detonation. The catastrophic results of dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are strikingly rendered, and the moral implications of such a weapon are explored. Trinity is a good primer for understanding more about the atomic bomb and the science and history behind it.
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