Graphic novels og tegneserier: biografier, memoirer, dokumentarer og faglitteratur

Belle & Sebastian und Teenage Fanclub haben ihnen Songs gewidmet, Courntey Barnett hat sie als wichtigen Einfluss genannt und zahlreiche Bands haben ihre Songs gecovert: Die Go-Betweens. 1977 gründeten die Freunde Robert Forster und Grant McLennan im ­Australischen Brisbane die Band, die mit ihrem folkigen Indierock und Songs wie »Right Here«, »Love Goes On« oder »Streets of Your Town« innerhalb weniger Jahre zu einer internationalen Größe der Indiewelt wurde. 1989 löste sich die Band nach sechs erfolgreichen Alben auf, nur um im Jahr 2000 mit »The Friends of Rachel Worth« zurückzukehren, ein Album, das sie gemeinsam mit den Mitgliedern von ­Sleater-Kinney ­aufnahmen. Bis 2005 folgten zwei weitere Alben, bis der plötzliche Tod von Grant McLennan im Mai 2006 der Band ein Ende setzte.Seitdem pflegt Robert Forster das Erbe der Band, hat 2015 in zwei Boxsets das Frühwerk der Band auf Domino Records neu herausgebracht, in seiner Autobiografie »Grant and I« die Geschichte der Go-Betweens als Geschichte einer Freundschaft erzählt und daneben zahlreiche Soloalben vorgelegt. Nun wird dieser Pflege der Bandgeschichte eine weitere Facette hinzugefügt: Zehn internationale Comiczeichner:innen haben sich jeweils einen Lieblingssong vorgenommen, um ihn in ganz individuellen Zugängen als Comicstrip zu neuem Leben zu erwecken.

?Refreshing and well-written . . . tells a rich, meaningful tale about the emergence of science.??New York Times Book Review?A masterful journey through humankind's scientific coming-of-age . . . a delightful celebration of our passionate drive for understanding.??Brian GreeneIn this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize?winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries, from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford, from Plato's Academy and the Museum of Alexandria to the cathedral school of Chartres and the Royal Society of London. He shows that the scientists of ancient and medieval times not only did not understand what we now know about the world but also did not understand what there is to understand, nor how to understand it.Yet over the centuries, through the struggle to solve such mysteries as the curious backward movement of the planets or the rise and fall of the tides, the modern discipline of science eventually emerged. Along the way, Weinberg examines historic clashes and collaborations between science and the competing spheres of religion, technology, poetry, mathematics, and philosophy.To Explain the World is an illuminating exploration of how we have come to consider and analyze the world around us.?A thoughtful history.??The New Yorker

An "illustrated coming-of-age graphic memoir chronicling how sports shaped one young girl's life and changed women's history forever"--

"An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country"--

Discover the story behind the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of war reporter Alfred Waud-written and illustrated by National Book Award-longlisted creator Ellen T. Crenshaw.Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that spotlights pivotal moments in historical figures' lives in graphic novel form!See the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes Alfred Waud, a special artst and war correspondent whose depiction of Pickett's Charge is thought to be the only visual account by an eyewitness. A story of extreme risk, strife, and the search for truth, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into the crucial Civil War battle-brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.Series Overview: Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: a new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that highlights one pivotal moment from a person life's or an event in graphic novel form!

An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for ChildrenA thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S.CASE NO. 001: NORJAK NOVEMBER 24, 1971 PORTLAND, OREGON2:00 P.M. A man in his mid-forties, wearing a suit and overcoat, buys a ticket for Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 bound for Seattle.3:07 P.M. The man presents his demands: $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. If the demands are not met, he threatens to detonate the explosive device in his briefcase.So begins the astonishing true story of the man known as D.B. Cooper, and the only unsolved airplane hijacking case in the United States. Comic panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages.What better way to draw readers into nonfiction than through an exciting graphic novel? This series will appeal to readers of series such as Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. Fans of history and whodunits, CSI-club kids, and graphic novel enthusiasts alike will be pulled in by the suspenseful, complex, and kid-appropriate cases in this series.Sidebars provide fun facts about pre-2001 air travel, serial numbers on currency, airplane design, and more. Backmatter showcases period photos and primary source material in FBI archives.

Zeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powerful collection of wartime memories. Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. Follow her past cars riddled with bullet holes, into taxi cabs that travel where buses refuse to go, and on outings to collect shrapnel from the sidewalk. With striking black-and-white artwork, Abirached recalls the details of ordinary life inside a war zone.

You won't have to worry about going broke if you get sick.We will start to bring the costs of health care under control.And we will do all this while reducing the federal deficit.That is the promise of the Affordable Care Act. But from the moment President Obama signed the bill into law in 2010, a steady and mounting avalanche of misinformation about the ACA has left a growing majority of Americans confused about what it is, why it's necessary, and how it works. If you're one of them, buy this book. From how to tame the twin threats of rising costs and the increasing number of uninsured to why an insurance mandate is good for your health, Health Care Reform dispels false fears by arming you with facts.

Political analyst and Democratic campaign veteran Mark Hannah and renowned New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake give Barack Obama the victory lap he deserves in this compendium that takes the president's critics head-on and celebrates the president's many underappreciated triumphs.Barack Obama's election in 2008 was a watershed moment in American history that inspired supporters on the Left?and fired up enemies on the Right. Elected in the midst of multiple crises?a Wall Street meltdown that imperiled the global economy and American troops entangled in two foreign wars?Barack Obama's presidency promised, from the start, to be one of the most consequential presidencies in modern American history.Although he stabilized the economy and restored America's prestige on the global stage, President Obama has been denied the credit he deserves, receiving instead acidic commentary from political opponents such as former Vice President Dick Cheney, who declared that Obama was ?the worst president in [his] lifetime??an accusation that reflects the politics of resentment and recrimination that has come to characterize the president's critics.In The Best "Worst President", Mark Hannah and New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake swiftly and systematically debunk conservative lies and disinformation meant to negate the president's accomplishments and damage his reputation?baseless charges too often left unchallenged by the national media. The Best "Worst President" is a whip-smart takedown of these half-truths and hypocrisies, each refuted in a smart, witty, fact-based style. Hannah and Staake not only defend the president but showcase his administration's most surprising and underappreciated triumphs?making clear he truly is the best ?worst president? our nation has ever known.

Discover the story behind Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott-written by Oh My Gods! author Insha Fitzpatrick and illustrated by #DrawingWhileBlack organizer Abelle Hayford. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that spotlights pivotal moments in historical figures' lives in graphic novel form!From refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger to sparking civil rights protests across America, explore how Rosa Parks's powerful act earned her the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." A story of resistance, strength, and unwavering spirit, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the American Civil Rights leader-brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.Series Overview: Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: a new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that highlights one pivotal moment from a person life's or an event in graphic novel form!

"With Peter Glanting's powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor and graphic essayist, uses the unique historical moment of the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to explore the existing inequalities and student struggles that plague the public education system. This graphic memoir chronicles the reverberations from the onset of the pandemic in 2020 when students and educators left their physical classrooms for remote learning. As a professor at a community college, Bessie shows how despite these challenges, teachers work tirelessly to create a more equitable educational system by responding to mental health issues and student needs. From the Black Lives Matter protests to fielding distressed emails from students to considering the future of his own career, Going Remote also tells the personal story of Bessie's cancer diagnosis and treatment during the pandemic. A fusion of memoir, meditation, and scholarship, Going Remote is a powerful account of a crisis moment in educational history demonstrating both personal and societal changes."--

Discover the story behind Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike-written by award-winning author Terry Blas and illustrated by Ignatz-nominated cartoonist Mar Julia. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that spotlights pivotal moments in historical figures' lives in graphic novel form!Follow Cesar Chavez and the National Farmworkers Association as they set out on a difficult 300-mile protest march in support of farm workers' rights. A story of hope, solidarity, and perseverence, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the life of the famous Latino American Civil Rights leader-brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.Series Overview: Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: a new program from the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series that highlights one pivotal moment from a person life's or an event in graphic novel form!