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Comic Books Based on Real Life

Comics can tell more than fictional stories. There is a multitude of comic books telling stores of real life. Biographies, Auto-Biographies, travel, murder, historical...
You can get lighthearted stores, everyday stories, serious stories, historical stories, and of course the stories of real-life danger and death.
Done right, comics can convey with images and words, what prose alone cannot.
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Torso (Brian Michael Bendis)
Torso
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Brian Michael Bendis
Laika (Nick Abadzis)
Laika
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Nick Abadzis
Tetris: The Games People Play (Box Brown)
Tetris: The Games People Play
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Box Brown
Johnny Appleseed (Noah Van Sciver)
Johnny Appleseed
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Noah Van Sciver
Arne Bellstorf: Baby's in Black - The Story of Astrid Kircherr & Stuar
Arne Bellstorf: Baby's in Black - The Story of Astrid Kircherr & Stuar
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March : Book One (John Lewis)
March : Book One
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John Lewis
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Jeff Jensen)
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story
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Jeff Jensen
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima (Keiji Nakazawa)
Barefoot Gen Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
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Keiji Nakazawa
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes (Mary M. Talbot)
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
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Mary M. Talbot
Ethel and Ernest
Ethel and Ernest
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Legends of the Tour (Jan Cleijne)
Legends of the Tour
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Jan Cleijne
Hip Hop Family Tree - Vol.1 (Ed Piskor)
Hip Hop Family Tree - Vol.1
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Ed Piskor
My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel (Derf)
My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel
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Derf
Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg (Kate Evans Paul Buhle)
Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg
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Kate Evans Paul Buhle
Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang
Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang
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I Never Liked You
I Never Liked You
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Louis Riel by Chester Brown
Louis Riel by Chester Brown
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Paying for It by Chester Brown
Paying for It by Chester Brown
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The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans (Rick Geary)
The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans
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Rick Geary
Rules for Dating My Daughter (Mike Dawson)
Rules for Dating My Daughter
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Mike Dawson
Freddie & Me: A Coming-Of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody (Mike Dawson)
Freddie & Me: A Coming-Of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody
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Mike Dawson
The Fixer: A Story From Sarajevo (Joe Sacco)
The Fixer: A Story From Sarajevo
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Joe Sacco
Palestine by Joe Sacco
Palestine by Joe Sacco
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Footnotes in Gaza (Joe Sacco)
Footnotes in Gaza
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Joe Sacco
Einstein (Corinne Maier, Anne Simon)
Einstein
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Corinne Maier, Anne Simon
Agatha : The Real Life of Agatha Christie (Anne Martinetti, Guillaume Lebeau, Alexandre Franc)
Agatha : The Real Life of Agatha Christie
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Anne Martinetti, Guillaume Lebeau, Alexandre Franc
Len, a Lawyer in History (Seth Tobocman, Paul Buhle, Michael Steven Smith)
Len, a Lawyer in History
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Seth Tobocman, Paul Buhle, Michael Steven Smith
Munch (Steffen Kverneland)
Munch
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Steffen Kverneland
Bernie (Ted Rall)
Bernie
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Ted Rall
Supercrash: How to Hijack the Global Economy. (Darryl Cunningham)
Supercrash: How to Hijack the Global Economy.
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Darryl Cunningham
Science Tales: Lies, Hoaxes, and Scams (Darryl Cunningham)
Science Tales: Lies, Hoaxes, and Scams
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Darryl Cunningham
Hysteria : Graphic Freud Series (Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zarate)
Hysteria : Graphic Freud Series
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Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zarate
Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film (Edward Ross)
Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film
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Edward Ross
Kedzie Avenue : Stories Drawn From a City Street (Darryl Holliday, Jamie Hibdon, E.N. Rodriguez)
Kedzie Avenue : Stories Drawn From a City Street
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Darryl Holliday, Jamie Hibdon, E.N. Rodriguez
Snowden (Ted Rall)
Snowden
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Ted Rall
An Olympic Dream : The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar (Reinhard Kleist)
An Olympic Dream : The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar
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Reinhard Kleist
Rosalie Lightning (Tom Hart)
Rosalie Lightning
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Tom Hart
Democracy (Alecos Papadatos, Abraham Kawa, Annie Di Donna)
Democracy
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Alecos Papadatos, Abraham Kawa, Annie Di Donna
Out on the Wire : The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio (Jessica Abel)
Out on the Wire : The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
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Jessica Abel
Operation Ajax : The Story of the CIA Coup That Remade the Middle East (Mike De Seve, Daniel Burwen, Stephen Kinzer)
Operation Ajax : The Story of the CIA Coup That Remade the Middle East
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Mike De Seve, Daniel Burwen, Stephen Kinzer
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