Best Biographical Comics

1.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,578 ratings
2.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,667 ratings
3.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,145 ratings
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Blankets
Blankets 4.06 avg rating — 123,319 ratings
5.
Stitches: A Memoir
Stitches: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating — 27,705 ratings
6.
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar 4.03 avg rating — 6,939 ratings
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea 3.88 avg rating — 28,306 ratings
8.
Persepolis 2
Persepolis 2 4.22 avg rating — 78,067 ratings
9.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth 4.05 avg rating — 20,348 ratings
10.
One Hundred Demons
One Hundred Demons 4.18 avg rating — 9,769 ratings
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Trotsky: A Graphic Biography
Trotsky: A Graphic Biography 3.57 avg rating — 486 ratings
12.
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir 3.90 avg rating — 13,502 ratings
13.
March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,873 ratings
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Kafka
Kafka 4.05 avg rating — 4,070 ratings
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating — 213,870 ratings
16.
Feynman
Feynman 3.81 avg rating — 7,026 ratings
17.
Laika
Laika really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,270 ratings
18.
The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography
The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography 3.81 avg rating — 853 ratings
19.
J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography 3.61 avg rating — 362 ratings
20.
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography 4.22 avg rating — 3,274 ratings
21.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating — 50,176 ratings
22.
Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1)
Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1) 4.17 avg rating — 8,482 ratings
23.
March: Book Two (March, #2)
March: Book Two (March, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 28,882 ratings
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Displacement: A Travelogue
Displacement: A Travelogue 3.95 avg rating — 6,444 ratings
25.
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me 4.02 avg rating — 16,571 ratings
26.
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen 3.95 avg rating — 22,339 ratings
27.
Sisters (Smile, #2)
Sisters (Smile, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 108,521 ratings
28.
An Age of License: A Travelogue
An Age of License: A Travelogue 3.81 avg rating — 6,447 ratings
29.
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas (Primates, 1)
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas (Primates, 1) 3.84 avg rating — 7,274 ratings
30.
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
by: Na Liu
3.78 avg rating — 4,891 ratings
31.
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography 3.87 avg rating — 5,889 ratings
32.
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow 3.80 avg rating — 1,181 ratings
33.
A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman
A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman 3.78 avg rating — 550 ratings
34.
Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir
Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir 3.69 avg rating — 142 ratings
35.
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by: G. Neri
3.99 avg rating — 6,899 ratings
36.
Epileptic
Epileptic
by: David B.
3.89 avg rating — 13,738 ratings
37.
Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me
Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me 4.16 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
38.
Lovecraft
Lovecraft 3.83 avg rating — 1,122 ratings
38.
Vagabond, Volume 1
Vagabond, Volume 1 4.48 avg rating — 15,719 ratings
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The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes
The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes 3.83 avg rating — 753 ratings
40.
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama 3.71 avg rating — 35,013 ratings
42.
Johnny Wander, Vol. 1: Don't Burn the House Down
Johnny Wander, Vol. 1: Don't Burn the House Down 4.34 avg rating — 408 ratings
42.
Death to the Tsar
Death to the Tsar 3.67 avg rating — 267 ratings
44.
Vlad the Impaler: the Man Who Was Dracula
Vlad the Impaler: the Man Who Was Dracula 3.01 avg rating — 248 ratings
44.
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Gender Queer: A Memoir 4.27 avg rating — 74,781 ratings
46.
French Milk
French Milk 3.33 avg rating — 8,405 ratings
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller 3.49 avg rating — 57 ratings
48.
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout 4.02 avg rating — 6,059 ratings
48.
Spinning
Spinning 3.89 avg rating — 23,107 ratings
50.
Nat Turner
Nat Turner 4.04 avg rating — 1,770 ratings
50.
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? 4.23 avg rating — 4,313 ratings
52.
Houdini: The Handcuff King
Houdini: The Handcuff King 3.48 avg rating — 1,464 ratings
53.
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands 4.40 avg rating — 34,130 ratings
54.
Gandhi: A Manga Biography
Gandhi: A Manga Biography 3.41 avg rating — 596 ratings
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Che: A Graphic Biography
Che: A Graphic Biography 3.38 avg rating — 326 ratings
56.
The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans
The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans 3.79 avg rating — 568 ratings
57.
Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography
Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography 3.48 avg rating — 309 ratings
58.
Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life
Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life 4.30 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
59.
Darwin: A Graphic Biography
Darwin: A Graphic Biography 3.80 avg rating — 211 ratings
60.
Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Volume 1
Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Volume 1 3.82 avg rating — 339 ratings
60.
Thoreau: A Sublime Life
Thoreau: A Sublime Life
by: A. Dan
3.53 avg rating — 634 ratings
62.
King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 3.68 avg rating — 202 ratings
63.
Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography
Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography 3.24 avg rating — 96 ratings
64.
Hokusai: A Graphic Biography
Hokusai: A Graphic Biography 3.67 avg rating — 300 ratings
65.
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel 3.81 avg rating — 52 ratings
65.
Mourir partir revenir. Le jeu des hirondelles
Mourir partir revenir. Le jeu des hirondelles 3.81 avg rating — 4,654 ratings
65.
Escape from "Special"
Escape from "Special" 3.27 avg rating — 334 ratings
65.
Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year
Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year 3.48 avg rating — 1,430 ratings
65.
The Parish: An Americorps Story
The Parish: An Americorps Story 3.02 avg rating — 45 ratings
65.
Todo Paracuellos
Todo Paracuellos 4.52 avg rating — 335 ratings
65.
Bhimayana
Bhimayana 4.30 avg rating — 806 ratings
65.
Lighter Than My Shadow
Lighter Than My Shadow 4.40 avg rating — 6,763 ratings
65.
By the Forces of Gravity: A Memoir
By the Forces of Gravity: A Memoir 4.69 avg rating — 36 ratings
65.
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story 4.31 avg rating — 18,384 ratings
65.
Part Of It: Comics and Confessions
Part Of It: Comics and Confessions 3.30 avg rating — 131 ratings
65.
Mandela and the General
Mandela and the General 4.16 avg rating — 354 ratings
65.
Zanjan: A Graphic Novel Based on Actual Events
Zanjan: A Graphic Novel Based on Actual Events 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings
65.
Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius 4.22 avg rating — 363 ratings
79.
Che
Che 3.76 avg rating — 475 ratings
79.
A Mess of Everything
A Mess of Everything 3.65 avg rating — 246 ratings
79.
Burma Chronicles
Burma Chronicles really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,843 ratings
79.
Todo Los Profesionales
Todo Los Profesionales 4.10 avg rating — 69 ratings
79.
A Gardener in the Wasteland: Jotiba Phule's Fight for Liberty
A Gardener in the Wasteland: Jotiba Phule's Fight for Liberty 3.98 avg rating — 253 ratings
79.
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 10,879 ratings
79.
Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie
Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie 3.62 avg rating — 1,666 ratings
79.
Vincent
Vincent 4.08 avg rating — 4,416 ratings
87.
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam: An Illustrated Memoir
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam: An Illustrated Memoir 3.61 avg rating — 709 ratings
87.
Good-Bye, Chunky Rice
Good-Bye, Chunky Rice 3.78 avg rating — 8,287 ratings
87.
Susceptible
Susceptible 4.01 avg rating — 933 ratings
87.
Line of Fire: Diary of an Unknown Soldier
Line of Fire: Diary of an Unknown Soldier
by: Barroux
3.72 avg rating — 328 ratings
87.
The Sculptor
The Sculptor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18,283 ratings
92.
Calling Dr. Laura
Calling Dr. Laura 3.84 avg rating — 7,025 ratings
92.
The White Mouse: the Story of Nancy Wake
The White Mouse: the Story of Nancy Wake 3.67 avg rating — 27 ratings
92.
The Illustrated Wild Boy: Reflections on the Presentation of Self
The Illustrated Wild Boy: Reflections on the Presentation of Self 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
92.
Conquering Everest: The Lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: A Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels)
Conquering Everest: The Lives of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: A Graphic Novel (Campfire Graphic Novels) 3.94 avg rating — 77 ratings
96.
Che
Che liked it 3.00 avg rating — 40 ratings
96.
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday 3.11 avg rating — 475 ratings
96.
The Photographer
The Photographer 4.31 avg rating — 3,989 ratings
96.
The Hospital Suite
The Hospital Suite 3.74 avg rating — 1,204 ratings
96.
Stuck Rubber Baby
Stuck Rubber Baby 4.04 avg rating — 5,441 ratings
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