Biography comics

Biographic is a weekly comics feature by award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Steve McGarry. The teen-oriented Sunday strip provides readers with succinct illustrated biographies of contemporary celebrities such as Avril Lavigne , Tony Hawk , Orlando Bloom , and Bob Dylan. Each strip is a collage-like assembly of informative text and multiple illustrations of the subject at various stages of his or her career.

McGarry's distinctive, stippled realistic style captures the celebrity's likeness. McGarry has worked on similar strips since Finally, in , Universal Press Syndicate launched Biographic. This comic strip —related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. David Zane Mairowitz. Allie Brosh Goodreads Author. Jim Ottaviani Goodreads Author.

Nick Abadzis. Tetsu Saiwai. Sid Jacobson. George Takei. Osamu Tezuka. Lucy Knisley Goodreads Author. Ellen Forney. Raina Telgemeier Goodreads Author. Na Liu. Chester Brown. James Sturm. Sharon Rudahl. Michael Anthony Goodreads Author. Neri Goodreads Author. David B. Sarah Leavitt Goodreads Author. Keith Giffen. Takehiko Inoue. Ananth Panagariya.

Fabien Nury. Maia Kobabe Goodreads Author. Carlos Sampayo. Lauren Redniss. Tillie Walden. Kyle Baker. Harold Schechter Writer. Jason Lutes Writer. Kate Beaton. Kazuki Ebine. Sabrina Jones. Vanna Vinci. Eugene Byrne. Akira Hiramoto. Ho Che Anderson. Andy Helfer. Giuseppe Latanza. Zeina Abirached.

Biography comics

Miss Lasko-Gross Goodreads Author. Ramsey Beyer Goodreads Author. Joel Smith. Srividya Natarajan. Katie Green. Rebecca Fish Ewan Goodreads Author. Debbie Tung Goodreads Author. Ariel Schrag Goodreads Author. John Carlin. Aaron Emmel Goodreads Author. Donald J. Robertson Goodreads Author. Maggie Thrash Goodreads Author. Anne Martinetti.

Barbara Stok Goodreads Author Written and illustrated. Ann Marie Fleming. Scott McCloud Goodreads Author. Nicole J. An autobiographical comic also autobio , graphic memoir , [ 1 ] or autobiocomic [ 2 ] is an autobiography in the form of comic books or comic strips. The form first became popular in the underground comix movement and has since become more widespread.

It is currently most popular in Canadian, American and French comics; all artists listed below are from the U. Autobiographical comics are a form of biographical comics also known as biocomics [ 3 ]. Autobiographical work took the English-speaking alternative comics scene by storm during this period, becoming a "signature genre" in much the way that superhero stories dominated American mainstream comic books.

The stereotypical example of an alternative autobiographical comic recounted the awkward moment which followed when, the cartoonist sitting alone in a coffee shop, their ex-girlfriend walks in. Slice of life comics and comics strips gained popularity during this period as well. However, many artists pursued broader themes. This period also saw a rapid expansion of the French small-press comics scene, including a new emphasis on autobiographical work:.

The "graphic memoir" really came into its own this decade, with many of the books by female authors. Lucy Knisley and MariNaomi each published a number of full-length autobiographical comics in the s. The market expanded into middle grade as well, witnessed by such well-received examples as Raina Telgemeier 's books, the March series, and Cece Bell 's El Deafo.

The autobiographical graphic novel started to bloom to the point, where it is hard to follow the constant production. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Non-fiction comics. USA [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Bulletin of Spanish Studies. S2CID New York Times. Retrieved Discover Nikkei. Glanzman", in U.