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This original graphic novel features famous women scientists including Marie Curie, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin, Barbara McClintock, Birute Galdikas, and Hedy Lamarr. The stories offer a human context often missing when we learn about the discoveries attached to these scientists’ names. Readers, drawn in by the compelling anecdotes, will discover intriguing characters, while…
“The Desert Peach is such an original work. Most of the stories take place during WWII, in North Africa, among German soldiers under the command of Colonel Pfirsich Rommel, the brother of Erwin Rommel, the famous ‘Desert Fox.’ Pfirsich is probably one of the most interesting characters in comics. If only all fiction tried to…
“Donna Barr’s war-time comedy drama sees the gay brother of Rommel lead a band of misfits in the Africa Korps. “Desert Peach” soon found a stride that has escaped all other war comics. Blending humour and drama without sacrificing either, “Desert Peach” eschews easy answers or code morality, to portray a story of duty and…
