Full name: Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

Author: Box Brown Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Graphic Novels, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781596438514 1596438517

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. Similar books: The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann California Dreamin' by Penelope Bagieu Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz Woman Rebel by Peter Bagge Amazing Fantastic Incredible by Stan Lee Brazen by Penelope Bagieu Not Funny Ha-Ha by Leah Hayes Louis Riel by Chester Brown The Big Book of Weirdos by Carl A. Posey The Quitter by Harvey Pekar Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert All The Answers by Michael Kupperman The Barefoot Serpent by Scott Morse The Boxer by Reinhard Kleist Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven by Brandon Easton Tetris by Box Brown Introducing Kierkegaard by Dave Robinson Introducing Barthes by Philip Thody Fun Home by Alison Bechdel