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Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle Graphic History Collective, editors Toronto: Between the Lines, 2016. 208 pp. $29.95 paper.
Storming the Digital Divide: The PovNet Story Penny Goldsmith and Kara Sievewright Vancouver: Lazara Press, 2016. 64 pp. $12.95 paper.
A decade ago, the labour historian Paul Buhle suggested in Reviews of American History that graphic novels and non-fiction comics would become an increasingly important medium for the explorat ion of histor ical topics. Since then, the publication of graphic histories has only accelerated. Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle and Storming the Digital Divide: The PovNet Story are two recent examples of this evolving genre that relate to British Columbia. Focused on histories of community organizing and radical politics, these two works excel at using a mixture of visual imagery and written text that is both captivating and intellectually stimulating.
Drawn to Change is an edited collection comprised of nine different graphic histories of working-class activism in Canada from the late nineteenth century to the present day. The people behind Drawn to Change are artists, activists, educators, and academics affiliated with the Graphic History Collective. Specific topics in the book include the...