It’s National Comic Book Day! Today we celebrate comic books and all the writers and artists, who create them.
According to the National Day Calendar, the first hardcover comic book was The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck, which was published in 1842. The first modern-day comic book didn’t appear until 1933, Famous Funnies, a reprint of several comic strips. Of course, comic books really came into their own during World War II, with superheroes like Superman, Batman, and my favorite, Wonder Woman. To learn more about the history of comic books, check out this post from Book Riot.
Today, I’m celebrating National Comic Book Day with a nine books highlighting the accomplishments of comic book creators.
Picture Books
WITH GREAT POWER: The Marvelous Stan Lee by Annie Hunter Eriksen, illustrated by Lee Gatlin
BOYS OF STEEL: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman, illustrated by Ross Macdonald
BILL: The Boy Wonder by Marc Tyler Nobleman, illustrated by Ty Templeton
JACK KIRBY: Creator & Artist by Sue Hamilton
Independent Readers
THE STORY OF STAN LEE: A Biography for New Readers by Frank J. Berrios
WHO WAS STAN LEE? by Geoff Edgers
WHAT IS THE STORY OF BATMAN? by Michael Burgan
