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“In 1938, he created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The foundation raised money for the care of patients and prevention of the disease in a campaign dubbed the “March of Dimes.””

The book introduces how vaccines have helped people stay safe from diseases like smallpox, measles, and COVID-19. Students will learn about early scientists like Edward Jenner, who created the first vaccine, and understand how vaccines work with our immune system to protect us.

Don Brown delves into the transformative history of vaccines, from smallpox to COVID-19, highlighting both the science of immunity and the incredible contributions of figures like Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Edward Jenner.

This book serves not only as a biography of Baron von Steuben, but also a celebration of queerness found in the margins of history.

It really is a short guide, this comic. But that's a good thing for all those who are not really into reading. For us reading dragons is a one sitting read. It's still very informative for people questioning, and for friends and family. It helped me confirming that I truly am a-grey.

Published a year after his death, LIFE OF CHE was a bomb dropped on the status quo of political dissent under the military regime of Argentina. It was such a threat to power the author was ‘disappeared‘ by the CIA after evading capture for years. Brutal artwork echoing the revolutionary struggles and sparse, poetic dialogue brings an artistic lens through which to view the life of one of the most compelling figures of the last century.

An amazing, amusing biography in comics format about one of the most important military leaders in the American Revolution, Baron von Steuben, a flamboyant homosexual who spoke no English, yet took charge of a disorganized Continental army, led them to victory, and wrote a guidebook for training American soldiers that remained in use for a century. #Queer #LGBTQ #GraphicNonfiction

Look at Catherine (the Great) shooting daggers at her husband 😆