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David Lester

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Born

Vancouver, Canada

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http://thelistenergraphicnovel.wordpress.com

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Politics, History

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October 2010

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David Lester is a painter, graphic designer, cartoonist, and the guitarist in the rock duo Mecca Normal. His graphic novel The Listener was a finalist for ForeWord Reviews' "2012 Book Of The Year Award" in the graphic novel category and was also selected as one of the best books of 2011, so far, by the School Library Journal (New York). His first book, The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism went into a revised second printing. He has created the poster series "Inspired Agitators," archived at The Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles, and designed the popular t-shirt "Actually, I like crap." Lester also does a weekly illustration, with text by Mecca Normal bandmate Jean Smith, for Magnet Magazine. His comics appeared in Drippyt ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 712 ratings · 156 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay by David Lester (Goodreads Author), Marcus Rediker, Paul Buhle 3.95 avg rating — 163 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike 3.75 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic by David Lester (Goodreads Author), Marcus Rediker, Paul M. Buhle (Afterword) 3.61 avg rating — 121 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolution by Fire: New York's Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741—A Graphic Novel by David Lester, Paul Buhle (contributor), David Lester (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 68 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Listener 3.43 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada by Graphic History Collective, David Lester (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle by Paul M. Buhle (Editor), Jo SiMalaya Alcampo, Ethan Heitner 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad by David Lester (Goodreads Author), Marcus Rediker, Paul Buhle (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2026 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heriotz Anderearen trapu pean by David Lester (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Marcus Rediker, David Zapirain Karrika (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My latest graphic novel THE BLACK SCHOONER, with book trailer...

Hi Historical Graphic Novel lovers!!

Just a heads up about my latest graphic novel, The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad. The book tells the true story of the 1839 uprising by enslaved Africans aboard the Amistad, and is co-written with Marcus Rediker. It will be published on June 9, 2026 by Beacon Press (distro by Penguin Random House).

This is the 4th book I've created with historians Marc Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 12, 2026 12:24 • Tags: 19th-century, abolitionism, anti-slavery, graphic-novel, historical-graphic-novel, rebellion

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David Lester and 2 other people liked Victoria's review of The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad: "View my full review on Graphic Medicine! https://www.graphicmedicine.org/comic... "
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David Lester made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Connecting a title on Goodreads to my author page? topic " Emily wrote: "Done. (We don't have access to your dashboard.)" Hi Emily!!! THANK YOU!!! ...more "
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David Lester made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Connecting a title to my author page? topic " Hi Goodreads Librarian, A new book by myself and two others is now on Goodreads, can you please add it to my author page? Here is the book: https://www. ...more "
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A very compelling book. Anne Sebba did an excellent job!
Nov 06, 2024 02:14PM · like · see review
David Lester made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Connecting a title to my author page? topic " Martin wrote: "Please check the links" Opps geez...: This is the book I don't want on my page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... Here is my page: ht ...more "
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