 | Wobblies!: A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World
Buy used from: $12.95 This excellent book provides a variety of artists that revive the history of America's labor movement.
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 | 500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide by Gene Kannenberg
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $6.78 |
 | Shooting War by Anthony Lappe
Buy used from: $6.23 Lappe, an videographer with the 'Guerrilla News Network', developed this fascinating book. See also the books by his mom, Frances Moore Lappe, and his sister, Anna Lappe.
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 | The Madness of King George: The Ingenious Insanity of Our Most "Misunderestimated" President by Matt Wuerker
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $0.01 Wuerker is a long-time contributor to Z Magazine and many other publications of independent thought.
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 | A People's History of American Empire (American Empire Project) by Howard Zinn
Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $6.79 A graphic adaptation of a chapter from Howard Zinn's classic 'People's History,' which has sold almost two million copies and has changed the consciousness of this country.
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 | The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.00 See also the excellent DVD of the same.
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 | Palestine by Joe Sacco
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $9.50 Legendary Middle East scholar Edward Said called Sacco's work "A political and aesthetic work of extraordinary originality."
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 | Blood Song: A Silent Ballad by Eric Drooker
Buy used from: $5.65 |
 | The Bush Junta: A Field Guide to Corruption in Government by Gary Groth
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $0.29 |
 | Disaster and Resistance: Political Comics by Seth Tobocman by Seth Tobocman
Buy new: $17.60 / Used from: $10.00 |
 | As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial by Derrick Jensen
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.39 |
 | CARtoons by Andy Singer
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $2.66 |
 | Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History by Harvey Pekar
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $3.56 |
 | Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman by Sharon Rudahl
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $6.27 Comic historian Trina Robbins blurbed this book by saying, 'Bravo for the proliferation of graphic novels, which has freed us from the tyranny of superhero comics . . . If threatening the established boys' club of comics is an act of aggression, then Rudahl herself is a dangerous woman.'
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 | Clan Apis by Jay Hosler
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $7.71 |
 | World War 3 Illustrated: Confrontational Comics
Buy used from: $8.90 |
 | Asterix the Gaul by Rene Goscinny
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.95 |
 | In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
Buy used from: $74.99 |
 | The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Buy used from: $13.38 A moving call for socialism. If it's good enough for corporate executives, why not us?
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 | Che: A Graphic Biography by Spain Rodriguez
Buy new: $10.51 / Used from: $6.75 |
 | J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography by Rick Geary
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.78 |
 | Real War Stories No.2 Citizen Soldier
Buy used from: $77.27 The antidote to all the 'Sergeant Rock' comics that glorify war. 'Citizen Soldier' is an important organization to check out.
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 | Chomsky For Beginners by David Cogswell
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $6.48 Chomsky in spandex. The drawings could've been better, but the info is invaluable.
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 | V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Buy used from: $38.12 See also the excellent film adaptation of this comic.
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 | Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.37 |
 | Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists
Buy new: $12.55 / Used from: $2.77 |
 | Penguin Soup for the Soul: A Novel by Tom Tomorrow
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $7.54 |
 | A Child's Life and Other Stories by Phoebe Gloeckner
Buy new: $14.21 / Used from: $7.55 |
 | Attitude Featuring Stephanie McMillan: Minimum Security by Stephanie McMillan
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $3.68 |
 | NOW Who Do We Blame?: Political Cartoons by Tom Toles by Tom Toles
Buy used from: $6.70 |
 | Attack of the 50-Foot Mikhaela!: Cartoons by Mikhaela Reid by Mikhaela Reid
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $40.64 |
 | Drawn & Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons by Stephen Hess
Buy used from: $65.74 |
 | Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $4.11 |
 | The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $3.44 I just saw the author of this book on C-SPAN's BookTv. It was a remarkable discussion of the ten years (1945-1955) of burnings of comics and dozens of pieces of legislation that sought to stamp out freedom of thought in the comic book industry.
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 | Trashed (v. 1) by Derf
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $4.75 |
 | Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form by Scott Mccloud
Buy new: $15.80 / Used from: $4.99 |
 | Sheep of Fools: A BLAB! Storybook by Sue Coe
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $8.50 |
 | All the Rage: The Boondocks Past and Present by Aaron McGruder
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $8.99 |
 | We the People: A Call to Take Back America by Thom Hartmann
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $9.99 Radio host Thom Hartmann provides great info on democracy in this book. Good intro to democratic ideals that could supplant the 'aristocracy of our monied corporations' (to use Jefferson's phrase).
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