The Story of Banks

From 1979 to 2006, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York produced a four-issue comic series, The Story of Banks, to explain the role of banking and the Federal Reserve System to the public. Writers Gail Donovan and C. J. Parnow, alongside artists Norman Nodel and Al Wenzel, crafted clear, educational narratives that demystified monetary policy and financial institutions. Though brief, the series stands as a unique artifact of public outreach, using the comic medium to make economic concepts accessible during a transformative era in American finance.