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OverviewSome wars are for religion and some are for political belief, but this one is for football. After her city wins the Super Bowl for the first time, Tea is separated from her friend during a riot and joins a small clique fighting its way through armed groups of football fanatics to meet a star receiver that just might end the civil war or become the city's new oppressive leader. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ben PassmorePublisher: Silver Sprocket Imprint: Silver Sprocket Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 22.30cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 28.50cm Weight: 0.254kg ISBN: 9781945509551ISBN 10: 1945509554 Pages: 60 Publication Date: 10 March 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""A dead-on parody of the good-and-evil, triumph-and-tragedy narratives fostered by organized sports."" --Etelka Lehoczky, NPR ""A raw political fable that uses a sports night riot to express disillusion with the calculated human sacrifices made in the interest of political gain."" --Jamie Lovett, ComicBook.com ""Amid the story's chaos and the exhausting noise of politics today, Sports Is Hell provides an unexpected clarity on the complex schisms of modern American culture while serving up a ton of laughs."" --Moe Abbas, Broken Frontier" A dead-on parody of the good-and-evil, triumph-and-tragedy narratives fostered by organized sports. -- Etelka Lehoczky, NPR Amid the story's chaos and the exhausting noise of politics today, Sports Is Hell provides an unexpected clarity on the complex schisms of modern American culture while serving up a ton of laughs. -- Moe Abbas, Broken Frontier A raw political fable that uses a sports night riot to express disillusion with the calculated human sacrifices made in the interest of political gain. -- Jamie Lovett, ComicBook.com A dead-on parody of the good-and-evil, triumph-and-tragedy narratives fostered by organized sports. --Etelka Lehoczky, NPR A raw political fable that uses a sports night riot to express disillusion with the calculated human sacrifices made in the interest of political gain. --Jamie Lovett, ComicBook.com Amid the story's chaos and the exhausting noise of politics today, Sports Is Hell provides an unexpected clarity on the complex schisms of modern American culture while serving up a ton of laughs. --Moe Abbas, Broken Frontier A dead-on parody of the good-and-evil, triumph-and-tragedy narratives fostered by organized sports. --Etelka Lehoczky, NPR A raw political fable that uses a sports night riot to express disillusion with the calculated human sacrifices made in the interest of political gain. --Jamie Lovett, ComicBook.com Amid the story's chaos and the exhausting noise of politics today, Sports Is Hell provides an unexpected clarity on the complex schisms of modern American culture while serving up a ton of laughs. --Moe Abbas, Broken Frontier Author InformationBEN PASSMORE is a Philadelphia, PA based cartoonist and illustrator best known for his award-winning comic Your Black Friend (Silver Sprocket), which deftly tackles issues of racism, identity and alienation, and was adapted into a short animated film. His political cartooning appears in The Nib, and he is the cartoonist behind the post-apocalyptic series Daygloahole (Silver Sprocket). He partnered with Ezra Claytan Daniels (Upgrade Soul) to bring the body horrific BTTM FDRS (Fantagraphics). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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