I’ve learned more about the past from reading historical fiction than from classroom lectures; when details are part of a story, they stick much better in the mind. And historical fiction can make the reader care about the past and its people, so that when facts are offered in school, there’s an emotional framework to […]

In his newest graphic novel, One Trick Pony, Nathan Hale departs from his immensely popular Hazardous Tales series of history comics. One Trick Pony is just as high in hazards as Hale’s other books, but instead of a historical tale, it’s science fiction. Off in the future, Earth has been invaded by aliens known as “Pipers” who are hunting out […]