Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow - Softcover

James Sturm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786839015 ISBN 13: 9780786839018

Publisher: Hyperion Book CH, 2007

Synopsis

Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1905? 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades.  Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction.  He made a point of writing his own history...and then re-writing it.  A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League’s hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction. Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelist’s eye to Paige’s story.  Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South. 

In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.

About this title

About the Author:

James Sturm'sgraphic novel The Golem's Mighty Swingwas named "Best Comic 2001" by Time Magazine. In 2004, his Marvel Comics graphic novel Unstable Moleculeswon the prestegious Eisner Award. James' writings and illustrations have appeared in scores of national and regional publications, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Onion, The New York Times, The LA Weeklyand on the cover of the The New Yorker. James is the co-founder and director of The Center for Cartoon Studies, America's premiere cartooning school, located in White River Junction, VT.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786839015
• ISBN 13: 9780786839018
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Rich Tommaso