biographical presentation
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Graphic Biography
A Graphic Expression of a Life Story
What is Graphic Biography?
An artful expression of a person’s life in a form of graphic novel or comics
Biographic Comics
Famous People: sport legends, singers, historical figures, well-known individuals, and so on.
Examples of Biographic
Comics
Examples: Babe Ruth, Isadora Duncan, Michael Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X … etc
Graphic Biography
• Autobiographic Comics(or Graphic Autobiography)
: an artwork of the artist him/herself.
Usually depicts the individual’s life adversity such as cultural repressions, abuses, or life-changing events.
Currently most popular in Canadian, American and French comics*
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographical_comics
Examples of Autobiographic
Comics
In Chronological Order:Justin Green, Binki Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary,
1972Keiji Nakazawa, Ore Wa Mita (“I Saw It”), 1972Joyce Brabner, Our Cancer Year, 1976Art Spiegelman, Maus, 198?DC Comics, Wasteland, 1987-1989Joe Sacco, Palestine, 199?Phoebe Gloeckner, A Child’s LifeMarjane Satrapi, PersepolisAl Davison, The Spiral CageDanny Gregory, Everyday Matters,Josh Neufeld, a few perfect hours, 2004Steve Peters, Chemistry, 2005Alison Bechdel, Fun Home, 2006Carol Lay, The Big Skinny, 2008Gilbert, Lefevre, and Lemercier, The Photographer, 2003
• Justin Green, Binki Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary, 1972
Keiji Nakazawa, Ore Wa Mita (“I Saw It”), 1972
Joyce Brabner, Our Cancer Year, 1976
• Art Spiegelman, Maus, 198?
• Joe Sacco, Palestine, 199?
• Phoebe Gloeckner, A Child’s Life
• Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis
• Al Davison, The Spiral Cage
• Josh Neufeld,a few perfect hours, 2004
• Danny Gregory, Everyday Matters,
• Alison Bechdel, Fun Home, 2006
• Carol Ray, The Big Skinny, 2008
• Gilbert, Lefevre, and Lemercier, The Photographer, 2003
More Resources
Comics on the Web:http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/bigskinny/
http://www.dannygregory.com.
More Information on Graphic Biographyhttp://graphicmedicine.org/#
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographical_comics
Gene Kannenberg Jr., 500 Essential Graphic Novels: the Ultimate Guide, chapter 2 “Non-fiction”, Collins Design, 2008