Last Updated: July 30, 2026
In A Brief History of a Long War, distinguished Ukrainian scholar, activist, and journalist Mariam Naiem presents a panoramic overview of the major moments in this longstanding conflict. Alongside gripping accounts of the historical foundation of the modern Ukrainian state as we know it today, Naiem seamlessly incorporates current narratives about the harrowing realities of war and the lengths citizens must go to survive.
Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir
by Leise Hook
A graphic memoir-in-essays interweaving critical research and personal experience to examine the in-betweenness of being mixed-race Asian American and the cultural confrontations inherent to forging one’s identity.
Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition
by Maia Kobabe
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity – what it means and how to think about it – for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad
by David Lester and Marcus Rediker
From the trio of Rediker, Lester, and Buhle comes another graphic “history from below” about the Amistad rebellion of 1839 when 53 enslaved Africans on the slave ship Amistad slipped out of their restraints and overpowered their enslavers and ship’s crew.
Infected For Science
by Sydney Halpern
Recounts the experiences of World War II conscientious objectors who volunteered for US government hepatitis experiments, combining archival research and volunteer David Miller’s cartoons to examine the human costs, ethical dilemmas, and moral courage of these participants.