The much lauded 2003 graphic memoir from artist Craig Thompson tells the story of Thompson’s early childhood, his strict evangelical upbringing, and his first romantic relationship. In honor of the musical adaptation of Fun Home, which plays the Ahmanson Theatre through April 1, 2017, we’ve put together a list of great graphic memoirs that bring real life to the paneled page. Three decades and a half later, in 2006, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home-which explores her family, her coming-of-age, and her father’s closeted homosexuality-instantly became a classic of the graphic memoir genre. Would you believe that the first graphic memoir published in America was titled Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary? The 1972 tale of how Roman Catholicism shaped the life of author Justin Green, Binky Brown is seen as the start of a rich tradition of using comics to explore personal histories. Meet the Education & Community Partnerships Team.
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