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Biography

They’re probably not the first thing that you think of when you consider a graphic novel and they don’t even fit the ‘novel’ bit, but there are a surprising number of excellent graphic biographies and autobiographies. From the heady days of Art Spiegelman’s Maus (arguably the grandfather of them all), through to the plethora of options now published every year, check out our full compliment of graphic biographies, about real women and men, in the reviews below.

Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie

Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie

Alan’s War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Alan’s War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Alice in Sunderland

Alice in Sunderland

Are You My Mother?

Are You My Mother?

Booth

Booth

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!

Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!

Brownsville

Brownsville

Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu

Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu

Buddha Volume 2: The Four Encounters

Buddha Volume 2: The Four Encounters

Buddha Volume 3: Devadatta

Buddha Volume 3: Devadatta

Buddha Volume 4: The Forest of Uruvela

Buddha Volume 4: The Forest of Uruvela

Buddha Volume 5: Deer Park

Buddha Volume 5: Deer Park

Buddha Volume 6: Ananda

Buddha Volume 6: Ananda

Burma Chronicles

Burma Chronicles

California Dreamin’

California Dreamin’

Carnet de Voyage

Carnet de Voyage

Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums

Contract with God, A

Contract with God, A

Darwin: A Graphic Biography

Darwin: A Graphic Biography

Dotter of her Father’s Eyes

Dotter of her Father’s Eyes

Drawn Together

Drawn Together

Embroideries

Embroideries

Fate of the Artist, The

Fate of the Artist, The

Fatherland

Fatherland

Fax From Sarajevo

Fax From Sarajevo

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home

Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home

From Hell

From Hell

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson

Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson

Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie

Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie

Harlem Hellfighters, The

Harlem Hellfighters, The

Howl: A Graphic Novel

Howl: A Graphic Novel

Hypo, The: The Melancholic Young Lincoln

Hypo, The: The Melancholic Young Lincoln

Imagine Wanting Only This

Imagine Wanting Only This

Japanese Drawing Room, The

Japanese Drawing Room, The

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Kabul Disco: Book 1

Kabul Disco: Book 1

Logicomix

Logicomix

Lovely Horrible Stuff, The

Lovely Horrible Stuff, The

Macedonia

Macedonia

Maus

Maus

Mongrel

Mongrel

Moresukine

Moresukine

Munnu

Munnu

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Please God, Find Me A Husband!

Please God, Find Me A Husband!

Queen of the Black Black

Queen of the Black Black

Quitter, The

Quitter, The

Seeds

Seeds

Siberia

Siberia

Special Exits

Special Exits

Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee

Stitches: A Memoir

Stitches: A Memoir

Stop Forgetting to Remember

Stop Forgetting to Remember

Tetris: The Games People Play

Tetris: The Games People Play

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist

The Man Who Shot Chris Kyle: An American Legend – Part 1

The Man Who Shot Chris Kyle: An American Legend – Part 1

The Times I Knew I Was Gay

The Times I Knew I Was Gay

There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up

There’s Only One Place This Road Ever Ends Up

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