Images and Imaginings of Internment: Comics and Illustrations of Camp

Comics after Camp

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Displacement

A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in Displacement, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes.

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

The story of Fred Korematsu’s fight against discrimination explores the life of one courageous person who made the United States a fairer place for all Americans, and it encourages all of us to speak up for justice.

Gaijin

This searing, cinematic graphic novel, by acclaimed author Matt Faulkner follows the story of Koji, a biracial prisoner in WWII America as he struggles to find his place. 

Stealing Home

In this emotionally gripping graphic novel, J. Torres weaves fictional story into a historically accurate, thoroughly researched account of the events surrounding the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II.

Take What You Can Carry 

A cross-generation, back and forth narrative that tells the story of a young boy in a Japanese internment camp during World War II and a young man in 1978 California who steals because he is bored and lonely.

They Called Us Enemy 

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 of courage, country, loyalty, and love. 

Those Who Helped Us

As the young girls struggle with the horrors of being imprisoned in the dusty desert, they also find solace in the fact that some people chose to help. This story highlights the actual actions and experiences of those neighbors and friends.

We Hereby Refuse

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration is the story of camp as you’ve never seen it before, a new graphic novel which presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present.

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