War and Conflict in Graphic Novels

Graphic novels that explore hardship, conflict and war.

Updated October 8, 2024
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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir
Bui, Thi
Paper Book
National bestseller ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. ...
Invisible Wounds Finding Peace after War
Ruliffson, Jess.
Paper Book
Over the past five years, Jess Ruliffson has travelled across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. She shares the stories of men, women, and non-binary people who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. In this compassionate book,...
Kent State four dead in Ohio
Backderf, Derf
Paper Book
From bestselling author Derf Backderf comes the untold story of the Kent State shootings-timed for the 50th anniversary On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In a deadly barrage of 67 shots, 4 students were...
The photographer
Guibert, Emmanuel.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Alan's War creator Emmanuel Guibert combines photos and narrative art to tell the story of photojournalist Didier Lefevre's travels in Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders. In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war...
They called us enemy
Takei, George
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale...
The white donkey terminal Lance
Uriarte, Maximilian
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller: A graphic novel of war and its aftermath. A powerful, compulsively page-turning, vivid, and moving tribute to the experience of war and PTSD, The White Donkey tells the story of Abe, a young Marine recruit who experiences the ugly,...

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