Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, is the latest in a long line of politicians, celebrities, business people and royalty who have had their lives and careers retold in a biographical comic produced by the Canadian publisher Bluewater Productions Inc. The latest 32-page biography - titled "Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple" will go on sale in bookstores and online retailers on August 24, 2011
The comic is part of the Vancouver, Washington-based publisher's wider series of looks at contemporary figures including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
In 2009, the company ventured into biographical comics with Female Force. The female-centric biography comics line was announced during the US presidential election of 2008 with Female Force: Hillary Clinton. Most recently a follow up to Hilary Clinton focusing on her tenure as Secretary of State was published on June 8, 2011
A Sarah Palin biography comic soon followed. Female Force: Hillary Clinton was published in January 2009 and Female Force: Sarah Palin was published in February 2009
A 2nd Sarah Palin Female Force comic was published in December 2010
Michelle Obama's biography followed in April of 2009 (above), selling out within a day. She received a sequel, Michelle Obama: Year One in March 2010
Other women featured in Bluewater's Female Force portfolio include Carla Bruni-Sarkozy...
Ellen DeGeneres
Margaret Thatcher
Political Power is a spinoff of Female Force, profiling the lives of influential figures in and around politics. Subjects include Barack Obama
Al Gore
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