Graphic histories: Understanding the Middle East and Africa through comics A virtual panel at the Middle East Center explored why this type of sequential art has gained popularity and how the art form can transform the way people think about history. An image from a graphic history of two French women who traveled to Mauritania in the 1930s by Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.
Comics are increasingly being used in historical storytelling, from professors assigning historical graphic novels in class to scholars collaborating with artists to produce graphic histories on topics on as diverse as the Atlantic slave trade and the decolonization of Algeria.