comic books, strips, etc

Tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire in graphic novel format, describing how a barn blaze grew into an inferno that killed hundreds of people and destroyed several square miles of property.

Presents a short history of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, written in graphic novel format, and focuses on his attempt to win emancipation of all slaves by capturing the federal arsenal located there.

Tells the story of Lewis and Clark's exploration of the unmapped American west in the early nineteenth century. Presented in graphic format.

A graphic novel retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, revealing why he decided to become an outlaw in Crusades-era England, fighting for justice rather than personal gain.

The adolescent criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl, must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia.

Looks at the mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, an area in Atlantic Ocean where ships and plane are reported to have disappeared, most famously a group of five military planes that became lost shortly after leaving Florida on December 5, 1945, never to be heard from again. Presented in graphic novel form.

A graphic account of the story of Nat Turner and the slave rebellion he led in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.

In graphic novel format, uses the meaning behind the words of Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" to tell the story of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War and its underlying causes, and United States history as a whole.

Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of the settlement of Roanoke Island in 1587 by English colonists and the unexplained disappearance of the entire Roanoke Colony, including the first English child born in the colonies, which was discovered by supply ships returning from England three years later.

A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who went on the run after shooting a young girl and was later found dead, shot by members of his own gang.