Lifelong Learning with Graphic Novels: Exist, Resist, Persist

By Vivi Romeo

There’s a lot of crazy things going on in our world right now – especially in the United States. These are scary and uncertain times, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Many of us, understandably, have resorted to turning off our news cycles and deleting all of our social media. Even more of us feel powerless and frozen in place, bombarded with hopeless messaging and constantly asking ourselves, what the heck do we do?  And, perhaps more importantly: what the heck can we do?

Below is a collection of graphic novels that will hopefully help readers begin to answer these questions. I’ve tried to choose narratives that center around the core themes of resistance and rebellion, and the many different forms that those processes can take. 

I hope that anyone who takes a chance on any of these books finds something of value within them, as I have, and gains from their reading a sense of personal strength and empowerment. 

You are not alone. There is work to be done!