a people's history of american empire

there's no question that "a people's history of the united states", and it's companion oral history history "voices", are two of the most important modern historical efforts. howard zinn is criticized by some for his obvious lefty leanings, but i saw howard zinn speak once, and he was an erudite and open-minded speaker, and despite being very charming, didn't at all come off as a blind partisan or foolish radical... he came off as someone who documented some very sad truths and took what delight he could in the struggle that he saw as necessary... long sentence, but the point is that book is now available in comic book form... here's a video preview, narrated by danish hunk, viggo mortensen: