Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography, by Jeff Mariotte

Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography, written by Jeff Mariotte, illustrated by Tom Morgan, 2009, San Diego: IDW Publishing (978-1-60010-530-2) 


Awards: N/A
Author Website: http://www.jeffmariotte.com/
Illustrator Website: http://www.tommorganartist.com/
Media Used: Unknown (full color)

Annotation:
Barack Obama's early days, education, and dating life are shortly skimmed over, leading to the start of his political career, which was an anti-Iraq war speech. The 2008 election is the main highlight of this novel, telling of all of the difficult odds that he overcame to become President.

Personal Reaction:
This is an example of a book that I enjoyed reading in graphic novel format, as opposed tot he alternative of full text format.  Biographies usually bore me, as they all follow a standard format.  This book skips over the early part of Obama's life, and cuts straight to the cut-throat election of 2008.  The only thing that could have made this a more enjoyable graphic novel would be if the author incorporated some light hearted humor into it at times.  The text was very dry.

Graphic Novel Non Fiction

Curricular Connection: Highschool Government

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