My friend, who is a comic artist, and I are dreaming up short graphic novel-esque stories illustrating (pun intended) lessons about the history of technological change, mostly drawing on my work on auto history.
On a slightly related note to this and to the idea of historic events in popular media, G.T. Labs publishes comics about various scientists, including one online now about Alan Turing.
I don't recall this being mentioned in this thread before, though I may have missed it. Comic books certainly qualify as popular media, though not as widespread as they used to be.