David Lester

David Lester has created a series of four acclaimed graphic novels with historians Marcus Rediker and Paul Buhle including The Black Schooner: Rebellion on the Amistad (Beacon Press, 2026), Revolution by Fire: New York's Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741 (Beacon Press, 2024), Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic (Beacon Press, 2023) and Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay (Beacon Press, 2021). He wrote and drew a chapter in the anthology, Partisans: A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance (Between the Lines, 2025). He lives in Vancouver, BC.