Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

by Brian "Box" Brown
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

by Brian "Box" Brown

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Overview

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Andre Roussimoff is known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and a heroic pro-wrestling figure. He was a normal guy who'd been dealt an extraordinary hand in life. At his peak, he weighed 500 pounds and stood nearly seven and a half feet tall. But the huge stature that made his fame also signed his death warrant.

Box Brown brings his great talents as a cartoonist and biographer to this phenomenal new graphic novel. Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596438514
Publisher: First Second
Publication date: 05/06/2014
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile: GN560L (what's this?)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Box Brown is an Ignatz Award-winning American cartoonist best known for the comic Bellen! and the winner of a Xeric Grant for the comic Love Is a Peculiar Type of Thing. A passionate proponent of the serial comics format, Brown runs the micropress Retrofit, dedicated to supporting independent serial comics' work. His recent books include Andre the Giant: Life and Legend. He is also a life-long professional wrestling fan.

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