The Story of Foreign Trade and Exchange

Published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and running from 1985 to the present, The Story of Foreign Trade and Exchange is a four-issue educational comic series that explains global economics through accessible, illustrated storytelling. Most frequently drawn by artists Al Wenzel, Jesse Chen, and Shepsil Scheinberg, the series stands out as a unique example of a central bank using the comic medium to demystify complex financial concepts for a general audience. Its longevity and institutional backing make it a noteworthy artifact of public economic education in comics form.