Issue 4: The Liberty Bell

Issue 4 is about The Liberty Bell. This is my first attempt at more of a story line than just a pure time line of significant facts/events. This story is told from the perspective of a Grandpa penguin and his granddaughter penguin named Penny visiting the Liberty Bell in modern times and the Grandpa telling the history of the Liberty Bell.

Below is the black and white version of the issue. The colored version is available here.

As always, any feedback or requests for further Penguin History Comics are welcome in the comment area of this post.

Further Reading:

• The Liberty Bell by Mary Firestone
• Our Liberty Bell by Henry Jones Magaziner
• Saving the Liberty Bell by Marty Rhodes Figley
• National Park Service - The Liberty Bell Center
• Liberty Bell Museum
• Wikipedia - Liberty Bell

Issue 3: The Endurance Expedition

Issue 3 is about The Endurance Expedition. It portrays the basic time line of the expedition from leaving London to getting stuck in the pack ice to the crew all being rescued.

Below is the black and white version of the first issue that you can print out by clicking on the thumbnails below and then clicking on that page to see the full size version. The colored version is available here.

Further Reading:

• Ernest Shakleton's Incredible Journey by Alfred Lansing
• The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
• South: The Endurance Expedition by Ernest Shackleton
• www.southpole.com/p0000097.htm
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_(1912)
• www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton

Issue 2: Earth Day

Issue 2 is about the history of Earth Day. It includes the lead up to the first Earth Day, as well as a little about major Earth Day anniversaries and the Equinox Earth Day.

Below is the black and white version of the first issue that you can print out by clicking on the thumbnails below and then clicking on that page to see the full size version. The colored version is available here.

Further Reading:

Earth Day by Mir Tamim Ansary
Before Earth Day: The Origins of American Environmental Law, 1945-1970 by Karl Boyd Brooks
How the First Earth Day Came to Be
History of Earth Day
Environmental Progress

Issue 1: Jackie Robinson

Issue 1 of Penguin History Comics features Jackie Robinson in honor of today being the anniversary of his first appearance in the Major Leagues back on April 15, 1947. This issue's scenes include penguin Jackie Robinson at his first at bat, penguin ballplayers wearing 42 for Jackie Robinson Day, and penguin fans admiring the giant 42 sculpture in the Jackie Robinson Rotunda being dedicated at the New York Mets new Citi Field today.

Below is the black and white version of the first issue that you can print out by clicking on the thumbnails below and then clicking on that page to see the full size version. The colored version is available here.

Further Reading:

Jackie Robinson: Hero of Baseball by Carin T. Ford
Jackie Robinson and the Big Game by Dan Gutman
Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Civil Rights Legend by Karen Mueller Coombs
Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad
The Official Site of Jackie Robison
Baseball Hall of Fame Page on Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson's Wikipedia Page