Wednesday, January 28, 2026

REVIEW: Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice (nonfiction graphic novel) by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Whitney Gardner

Becoming RBG is a biographical graphic novel. I bought my copy new.

Review:

This looks at Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and career. I realized, as I was reading it, that there was a lot I didn't know about her and the important cases she was involved in.

The artwork did what it needed to do but didn't wow me. Text boxes were occasionally hard to follow and broken up a bit oddly. The informational content, however, was great, and the format made it all quickly and easily digestible.

After reading this, though, her friendship with Antonin Scalia still didn't make much sense to me. Also, I wondered when she found the time to sleep. Her version of work-life balance involved staying up after her husband and kids went to sleep to get work done.

All in all, this was a good read that made me wish RBG were still around. 

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