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Indlæser... The Comic Book Story of professional wrestlingaf Aubrey Sitterson
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A history of wrestling covers the sport's progress from the carnival days to the dominance of the World Wrestling Federation and the current diverse independent wrestling scene. As a pop culture phenomenon, professional wrestling--with its heroic babyfaces and villainous heels performing suplexes and powerbombs in pursuit of championship gold--has conquered audiences in the United States and around the world. Now, writer/podcaster Aubrey Sitterson and illustrator Chris Moreno form a graphic novel tag team to present wrestling's complete illustrated history. Featuring legendary wrestlers like Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, and The Rock, and modern-day favorites like John Cena, Kenny Omega, and Sasha Banks, the book covers wrestling's progress from the carnival days of the Gold Dust Trio to the dominance of the WWF/WWE to today's diverse independent wrestling scene, and it spotlights wrestling's reach into Mexico/Puerto Rico (lucha libre), the U.K. (all-in), and Japan (puroresu). No library descriptions found. |
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I picked this book up for a nostalgic wallow, and it served the purpose well. There is lots of coverage of the American Wrestling Association that I grew up with and also the WWF, the rise of which coincided with the drop-off of my interest in wrestling. Mind you, this is a pretty high-level overview, starting with Gilgamesh and the ancient Greeks and ranging forward quickly through the centuries with most of the 400+ named wrestlers only appearing in a panel or two.
The middle of the book drags a bit as the history of wrestling in Mexico, Japan and the United Kingdom are each given a chapter. Alas, my interest in wrestling is too provincial to care about anything happening outside the U.S. Fortunately, the back half of the book deals with the era I lived through and what happened after I stopped following the One True Sport.
Fun stuff. ( )