Wine: A Graphic History — SelfMadeHero
Issue: #1
The history of wine is nothing less than the history of civilisation. It is the religious drink par excellence — from the Ancient Greek god of wine, Dionysus, via the vineyard Noah planted after the Flood in the Old Testament, to Christ’s miracle at Cana. In the monasteries and churches of the Middle Ages, the syrupy drink of antiquity, unpalatable if undiluted, was transformed into the wine we kn...
First appearances: Omar Khayyam, Pliny the Elder, Kenelm Digby, Euripides, Charles de Saint-Évremond, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, Hesiod, Rachel Carson, Philip the Bold, Louis François, Prince of Conti
Creators: Edward Gauvin, Benoist Simmat, Patrice Larcenet, Christian Lerolle, Daniel Casanave
Characters: Vitellius, Constantine the Great, Omar Khayyam, Pliny the Elder, Saint Benedict of Nursia, Domitian, Osiris, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alexander The Great, John F. Kennedy, King Richard the Lion-Hearted, Odysseus, Lot, Frederick the Great, Charlemagne, Bacchus, Eros, Virgin Mary, Jean Jaurès, Ham