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The Bund

Told in an engaging graphic novel format, The Bund explains the oppressive origins of Jewish resistance in Ukraine, Poland, and the "Pale of Settlement" in Tsarist Russia. Jewish people adapted to industrialization ...

Through Their Eyes

By (author) Matthew Barrett & Robert C. Engen
Categories: First World War

By the summer of 1917, Canadian troops had captured Vimy Ridge, but Allied offensives had stalled across many fronts of the Great War. To help break the stalemate of trench warfare, the Canadian Corps ...

Wonder Drug

Could it be that the most remote frontiers of twenty-first-century exploration lie inside the human mind? Illustrated in kaleidoscopic full colour, Wonder Drug is the graphic history of a controversial ...

Kimiko Does Cancer

A moving and honest graphic memoir about the unexpected cancer journey of a young, queer, mixed-race woman. With tender illustrations by Keet Geniza, Kimiko Does Cancer is a book that upends the traditional ...

Won’t Get Fooled Again

“FAKE NEWS!” screams Donald Trump from his Twitter account when journalists ask tough questions about his past or present behaviour. Meanwhile, his Fox & Friends fan club makes dubious claims about ...

Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era

By (artist) George A. Walker
Categories: History of art

A successful actress whose work spanned 52 features, Mary Pickford helped establish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the studio United Artists. She was the first woman to create her ...

Enemy Alien

This graphic history tells the story of Canada’s first national internment operations through the eyes of John Boychuk, an internee held in Kapuskasing from 1914 to 1917. The story is based on Boychuk’s ...

1919

In May/June 1919, more than 30,000 workers walked off the job in Winnipeg, MB. One hundred years later, the Winnipeg General Strike remains one of the most significant events in Canadian history. This ...

Flawed

From the Emmy-nominated, NFB, PBS-aired animated short, Flawed is a true story of self-acceptance.

The Antifa Comic Book

By (author) Gord Hill
Foreword by Mark Bray
Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels

The shocking images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the summer of 2017 linger, but so do those of the passionate anti-fascist protestors who risked their lives to do the right thing. ...