The author presents a loving, cartoon biography of his parents Ethel and Ernest, from their first meeting in the 1920s when she was a maid and he a milkman, through their deaths in the 1970s; showing how they dealt with the events of their changing world.
The author uses a comic-strip format to tell the story of her experiences as a young, poor teenage mother who learns some difficult lessons about life while trying to realize her dream of attending college.
A continuation of the story begun in the Pulitzer Prize winning "Maus," in which the author relates, in cartoon form, his father's experiences as an inmate at Auschwitz during World War II. Illustrations portray Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.
Mark Stamaty recounts how the music of Elvis Presley changed his life and how his mother did not appreciate his love for rock and roll until his performance at a Boy Scout talent show helps her see Mark's passion for music.
Presents in graphic novel the story of Martin Luther King, Jr., primarily focusing on his civil rights work, in a musical, storytelling style and illustrated in the scroll-painting tradition of Bengal.
