Drawing the Past

Drawing the Past is a scholarly book series from University Press of Mississippi, launched in 2022, that examines how comic books and graphic novels engage with history, memory, and national identity. Its volumes bring together academic essays analyzing specific historical events, figures, and cultural narratives as depicted in sequential art, with a focus on the interplay between visual storytelling and historical representation. The series is notable for bridging comics studies and historiography, offering a critical framework for understanding how the medium shapes public memory.