[...] It’s a great book with tons of reference material listed in the afterward. I also picked up Dignifying Science: Stories about Women Scientists and it looks equally as [...]

[...] Hedy Lamarr story, written by Jim Ottaviani, in Dignifying Science, an anthology about female [...]

[...] Cartoonists. Sorensen has contributed to the following anthologies: 9-11: Emergency Relief, Dignifying Science, and The Great Women Cartoonists, among others. [...]

[...] If you’re new to comics, I would recommend starting with either of the first two books, to ease yourself in gently. Ottaviani, though an engineer by training, is a lifelong comic book fan, and the later books are more visually sophisticated and require a bit more familiarity with comic-book tropes. Johanna Draper Carlson has some informative reviews of these books (as well as many others — her site is always worth reading). From my own experience, Ottaviani’s books are great for people who read nonfiction, enjoy Cartoon History of the Universe, are themselves scientists, or simply want a good, meaty read. [...]

[...] The other two he’s writing will be published by noted young publisher First Second. One is about Feynman, and the other deals with the three primate researchers who worked with Louis Leakey: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas (part of whose story was previously included in Dignifying Science). [...]

[...] GT Labs website has more information, including preview pages. I previously reviewed Dignifying Science, a biographical anthology about female scientists written by Ottaviani. [...]

[...] The authors say they want more attention paid to science in comics in the first appendix. I was thus surprised, when they mentioned the state of comics as a whole, including the diversity of what’s being published, that they didn’t mention the true science comics like those done by Jay Hosler or Jim Ottaviani. Books like Clan Apis or Dignifying Science are both entertaining and factual. [...]

[...] Lea Hernandez has also written the how-to guide Manga Secrets. She illustrated the first Hardy Boys graphic novel, The Ocean of Osyria, Killer Princesses (written by Gail Simone), and contributed to the Dignifying Science anthology. [...]