The Big Book of Death

A single oversized one-shot from DC's 1995 line of "Big Book" fact-and-trivia comics, The Big Book of Death is a lively, morbid encyclopedia of the afterlife. Writer Bronwyn Carlton and artist Frank Quitely guide readers through a whirlwind tour of death in history, religion, pop culture, and folklore, from famous last words to funeral customs. It stands as a quirky, visually inventive artifact of the mid-90s trend for all-ages, information-packed graphic novels.