Andre the Giant (6 Points)

 Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown opens up the comic with a foreword discussing the creation of this book. The author had to take certain liberties to ensure the story would be proper for that of a graphic novel, providing plot and visual intrigue, while still making things as accurate as possible to history. There was also the issue with some of the details of certain stories being disputed, as there wasn't always a camera recording every single detail of Andre's life, two people may have two different versions of the same story. The artstyle is simplistic, but very impactful, as many instances displayed the mass of Andre compared to the people he was with. Not only that, the artstyle (although being very simple,) was able to accurately draw the features of many of the cast, and made each person look distinctly themselves. The story was also very interesting as there a few moments within the book where a certain very important fight was broken down, even explaining some of the key terms as well as reasoning for some of the decisions taken during the fight. I personally used to watch wrestling when I was younger, and recalled the struggle of whether or not wrestling was actually real. I would have my doubt, but then Ray Mysterio or The Undertaker ( my favorite) would do something insanely  nuts, and would begin to believe again. Wrestling to me was like believing in Santa Claus. Although now a days it feels more like a soap opera than a wrestling match, I definitely respect the business and work that goes into the magic of wrestling.  I really enjoyed reading this.


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