James Sturm, Rich Tommaso

Broschiertes Buch

Satchel Paige

Striking Out Jim Crow

Illustrator: Tommaso, Rich

Beschreibung

Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy Satchel Paige was arguably the hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller, and greatest gate attraction in the Negro League. Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelists eye to Paige's story, following him from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South.

Autor

James Sturm is a cartoonist and the cofounder of The Center for Cartoon Studies. His graphic novels include The Golem's Mighty Swing, Market Day, and Off Season. His picture books for children include Ape and Armadillo Take Over The World, Birdsong, and the Adventures in Cartooning series (with Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost). Rich Tommaso started writing and drawing original comics and graphic novels in 1993. He is mostly known for his series of crime novels, the first of which was Clover Honey. Since then, he has penned a few more crime books, including Sam Hill: The Cavalier Mr. Thompson, Dark Corridor, and Dry County. At the moment he is drawing a new, but classically-styled, Dick Tracy comic series with Mike, Lee, and Laura Allred. Aside from his crime work he's made a dozen other comics and graphic novels in various genres, including Spy Seal, She Wolf, Vikings' End, Don't Look Back, 8 1/2 Ghosts, Perverso!, The Horror of Collier County, and a humorous travel book called Let's Hit the Road. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his girlfriend, Amy, and their two cats.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Disney Book Publishing Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 165mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9781368042895
• ISBN-10: 1368042899
• Artikelnr.: 53685880