biographical presentation

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