Join us next Thursday 12 March @ 6:30pm at @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social for THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF FREEMAN COLBY VOL. 4 = Reading & signing the new book! Event info: gibsonsbookstore.com/event/freema...
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#FreemanColby #FreemanColbyVol4 #YAGraphicNovels #HistoryComics #ComicsWorkshop #NHHistory
Ad: For Sale - Kate Hannigan History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire (Paperback) (UK IMPORT) #ChicagoFire #HistoryComics #GraphicNovels
A graphic novel cover. The title is History Comics: The Great Depression: From hard times to the new deal by Tim Stout and Joe Flood
Turn back the clock with our graphic novel series, History Comics! In this volume by Tim Stout & Joe Flood, your students can explore the Great Depression, an era of economic turmoil, resilience, and innovation. bit.ly/47h9qQt
#edusky #history #thegreatdepression #historycomics #books
Gutieau believed he had been instrumental in getting Garfield elected so was happy to accept an ambassador post to Europe as thanks. To his gall and frustration no job offers came so God took over his body and made him shoot the president.
#HistoryComics #bumblingassassin #presidentialassassins
Question for our fellow comic creators: How do you balance historical accuracy with compelling storytelling?
We've got 200+ pages of Revolutionary War research but need to make it work in 24-page issues.
What's your process?
#HistoryComics #HiddenInkComics #ComicWriting #AskBluesky
On 11 April 1968 Beach Boy #DennisWilson picked up two hitchhikers who it turned out were members of #CharlesManson’s notorious cult. The drummer was entranced with Charlie (and his compliant female followers) at first but eventually feared for his life.
#BeachBoys #History #Comics #HistoryComics
Col. Theodore Roosevelt in battle mode to take out some godless Spaniards
#OnThisDay in 1898 #TheodoreRoosevelt led the famous charge up #SanJuanHill during the #SpanishAmericanWar!
🦅🇺🇸🔫
#History #Comics #HistoryComics #TR #War #Cuba #RoughRiders
Comic book cover depicting John Lennon’s memory of being forced to choose between his parents at age six
#OnThisDay in 1946 #JohnLennon’s parents made him decide with whom he would live, the memory of which would haunt him throughout his life
👦🎶
#history #comics #historyComics #JuliaLennon
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gesturing at the ghost of Houdini’s dear departed mother but the escape king doesn’t believe it
#OnThisDay in 1922, #SirArthurConanDoyle hosted a #seance in an attempt to convince skeptic #HarryHoudini. It didn’t go so well.
#History
#comics
#historyComics
Comic cover depicting an enraged John Lennon standing over the beaten and bloodied Bob Wooler, while partygoers look on in shock
#OnThisDay in 1963, while attending the 21st birthday of #PaulMcCartney, rocker #JohnLennon brutally assaulted Liverpool DJ #BobWooler after the latter implied #Lennon had an affair with #Beatles manager #BrianEpstein.
#History #Comics #HistoryComics
THIS DAY IN HISTORY - June 15, 1667: The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
#comic #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #mulberryriot #humor #history
Comic cover depicting Valerie Solanis attempting to kill Andy Warhol
#OnThisDate in 1968 would-be assassin #ValerieSolanis shoots #PopArt superstar #AndyWarhol
#HistoryComics #ArtHistory #NewYorkCity
THIS DAY IN HISTORY - May 19, 1883: Buffalo Bill's first Wild West show opens.
#comics #webcomics #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #mulberryriot #history #comedy #wildwest #WildBill #Whoevenreadsthesehashtags
What are some historical comics that you enjoy and would recommend for readers?
#comicfans #comicbooks #graphicnovel #comics #comic #comicwriters #comicartists #historicalfiction #historical #history #historystories #historycomics #historycomicbooks #historygraphicnovel
THIS DAY IN HISTORY - May 7, 1794: Robespierre introduces “The Cult of the Supreme Being” as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
#comics #webcomics #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #mulberryriot #humor #history
Great day at Milwaukee Zine Fest yesterday! Met lots of wonderful folks and was able to introduce them to a bit of the Hugh-niverse.
#historycomics #altcomics #zines #milwaukee #milwaukeezinefest #comics
(Part 2) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - April 11, 1951: The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found after being taken by Scottish nationalist students.
#comic #webcomic #comicstrip #history #historycomics #humor #thisdayinhistory #StoneofScone
(Part 1) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - April 11, 1951: The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found after being taken by Scottish nationalist students.
#comic #webcomic #comicstrip #history #historycomics #humor #thisdayinhistory #StoneofScone
THIS DAY IN HISTORY - April 9, 1959: NASA introduces America's first astronauts to the world.
#comic #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #mulberryriot #thisdayinhistory #nasa #history #comedy
A fake comic book cover featuring a collage showing Lenny Bruce being dog piled on by a group of policemen
#OnThisDate in 1964, “sick” comedian #LennyBruce was arrested for obscenity in #NewYorkCity
#HistoryComics #History #Comedy #FreeSpeech
(Part 2) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - March 22, 1631: The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #thisdayinhistory #warhammer
(Part 1) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - March 22, 1631: The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #thisdayinhistory #warhammer
The #RNC was flooded with calls, letters and telegrams (!) overwhelmingly in favor of the trickster and the broadcast would go down in history. It was an early example of how #TV would alter politics in the decades to come.
#HistoryComics
(Part 2) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - March 15, 44 BC: The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place on the Ides of March.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #thisdayinhistory
(Part 1) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - March 15, 44 BC: The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place on the Ides of March.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #thisdayinhistory
THIS DAY IN HISTORY - March 3, 1873: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock laws, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #thisdayinhistory
(Part 2) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - February 25, 1951: The first Pan American Games open in Buenos Aires, uniting nations across the Americas in sports like baseball, basketball, and football.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #thisdayinhistory
(Part 1) THIS DAY IN HISTORY - February 25, 1951: The first Pan American Games open in Buenos Aires, uniting nations across the Americas in sports like baseball, basketball, and football.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #thisdayinhistory
Comic book cover depicting Richard Nixon breaking through the Great Wall of China to meet the fiendish communist dictator Mao Tse Tung
#OnThisDate in 1972 Richard Nixon visits #China, opening up relations it and the USA for the first time in 24 years. Now, we owe them billions but it probably post-poned the atomic holocaust a few years.
(10 points if you can identify which classic comic book I’m ripping off)
#Nixon #HistoryComics
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – February 15, 1862: American Civil War: Confederate commanders desert their troops at Fort Donelson before its capture by Union forces.
#comics #webcomics #webcomic #comicstrip #comicsofbluesky #historymemes #historycomics #mulberryriot #history #thisdayinhistory
