hagiography n.1. the writing of the lives of saints; 2. uncritical or idealized biography. ~ Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary Most Americans have been taught what William Lind calls a comic book version of their own country’s history. One aspect of American comic book history, invented in the post-1865 era, is that from the time of …hagiography n.1. the writing of the lives of saints; 2. uncritical or idealized biography. ~ Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary Most Americans have been taught what William Lind calls a comic book version of their own country’s history. One aspect of American comic book history, invented in the post-1865 era, is that from the time of …