Long disregarded as trivial entertainment comics have gained increased scholarly and mainstream attention over the past three decades. More and more frequently they are the medium of choice for artists who choose to criticize mainstream political narratives. Drawing on the Past looks closely at four twentyfirstcentury graphic narrativesEmmanuel Guiberts The Photographer Ho Che Andersons King A Comics Biography Art Spiegelmans In The Shadow of No Towers and Joe Saccos Footnotes in Gazato expl