Overview
The life of Bobby Fischer (1943ā2008) had many unexpected movesāfrom his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace. Black & White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true callingāchess.
In 1972, Fischer played what many consider āthe game of the centuryā against the Soviet Unionās chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War. Later, Fischer became the youngest-ever US Chess Champion and the gameās youngest grandmaster. Never before had chess received such international attention. Fischer, whose sole focus in life up until then was chess, reached the Olympus of chess at 29, and then . . . he disappeared.
Suffering from mental illness, the chess genius became increasingly paranoid, lost in anti-Semitic conspiracy theoriesādespite the fact that he himself was Jewishāand died as a fugitive in Iceland. With Black & White, author Julian Voloj and illustrator Wagner Willian have crafted a beautiful and fascinating work that reveals Fischerās history while also contextualizing his lasting impact on pop culture. Black & White is the first-ever graphic novel to tell Fischerās story and examine the legacy he left behind.
This book title, Black & White (The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer), ISBN: 9781419759864, by Julian Voloj, Wagner Willian, published by Abrams ComicArts (April 4, 2023) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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