Another birthday recommendation and, yes, I see why this made the recommendation for incredible visual content and a mode of storytelling that is brilliant on so many levels.
History interwoven with personal narrative and it works because the art creates just the right amount of "within-historyness".
This is what comics can do in the hands of a master and, to the original recommender's point, it's why visual arts have so much to offer (and it's disappointing that they are so underused).
Also, my goodness, THE ART.