History Comics: The Prohibition Era: America's War on Alcohol

Ages 9 to 13

Turn back the clock with History Comics! In this volume we visit the Prohibition Era and see how the business of booze became a criminal enterprise!

In 1919, the United States ratified an amendment to the Constitution that outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol. An entire industry moved underground as countless citizens became criminals! Society soon began facing an onslaught of new problems: clever bootleggers, corrupt enforcers, crowded prisons, and violent gangsters. In this volume of History Comics, learn about alcohol and excess

during the Prohibition Era, and how we still grapple with these issues today.

About the Author

Jason Viola is the author of three books in the Science Comic series: Elephants, The Digestive System, and Polar Bears. As cofounder of the Boston Comic Arts Foundation, he helps produce festivals and comics programming in Massachusetts. Jason lives outside Boston with his wife and son.

Roger Langridge is a New Zealand–born cartoonist who currently lives in London with his wife, Sylvie, and their

two children. His career in comics spans over thirty years and includes work on both the Popeye and the Muppet Show comics series, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, and his self-published title Fred the Clown. He won an Eisner Award in 2012 for his Lewis Carroll–inspired comic book series, Snarked!