Graphic novels & manga
Piled Higher and Deeper # 4
Piled Higher and Deeper. Chapter 4: Academic Stimulus Package, by Jorge Cham. This is the fourth compilation of the online comic strip, Piled Higher and Deeper (“a grad student comic strip”). PHD is one of the best online time sinks. If you’ve ever been in academia or in grad school, particularly if you’ve ever been … Continue reading
9/11 Report: a Graphic Adaptation
The 9/11 Report: a Graphic Adaptation, by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon. “Based on the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.” Very interesting summary of the original 624-page report. I haven’t read the original, so I can’t compare them. Definitely not a fast read. WorldCat
To the Heart of the Storm
To the Heart of the Storm, by Will Eisner. 1991. Semi-autobiographical graphic novel. It’s 1942. Willie, a young draftee on his way to the induction center, remembers his life growing up as a child of Jewish immigrants in New York. We also learn about his parents’ lives. His mother, born on the boat on the … Continue reading
