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Knock Out!: Die Geschichte von E. Griffith
„Wie seltsam das ist… Ich töte einen Mann, und die meisten Leute verstehen das und verzeihen mir. Hingegen, ich liebe einen Mann, und so viele halten das für eine unverzeihliche Sünde, die mich zu einem schlechten Menschen macht. Wenn ich auch nicht im Gefängnis gelandet bin, so war ich trotzdem fast mein ganzes Leben lang eingesperrt.“ – Emile Griffith
In seiner neuen Graphic Novel Knock Out! widmet sich Erfolgsautor Reinhard Kleist (Nick Cave. Mercy On Me) dem amerikanischen Boxweltmeister Emile Griffith, der 1962 traurige Berühmtheit erlangte, als er vor laufenden Fernsehkameras seinen Gegner derart hart traktierte, dass dieser ins Koma fiel und wenige Tage später verstarb. Vor dem tödlichen Kampf hatte er Griffith mit homophoben Verunglimpfungen zutiefst beleidigt …
Mit gewohnt kraftvollem Pinselstrich zeichnet Reinhard Kleist das sensible Porträt eines homosexuellen Sportlers, der in der Macho-Welt des Boxens zu einem zermürbenden Doppelleben gezwungen war. Es ist die Geschichte eines Kämpfers wider Willen, der dennoch nicht lassen konnte von der Welt des Geldes und des Ruhms. Und es ist die Geschichte eines Knockouts, der ein Leben beendete und ein zweites für immer veränderte...
In seiner neuen Graphic Novel Knock Out! widmet sich Erfolgsautor Reinhard Kleist (Nick Cave. Mercy On Me) dem amerikanischen Boxweltmeister Emile Griffith, der 1962 traurige Berühmtheit erlangte, als er vor laufenden Fernsehkameras seinen Gegner derart hart traktierte, dass dieser ins Koma fiel und wenige Tage später verstarb. Vor dem tödlichen Kampf hatte er Griffith mit homophoben Verunglimpfungen zutiefst beleidigt …
Mit gewohnt kraftvollem Pinselstrich zeichnet Reinhard Kleist das sensible Porträt eines homosexuellen Sportlers, der in der Macho-Welt des Boxens zu einem zermürbenden Doppelleben gezwungen war. Es ist die Geschichte eines Kämpfers wider Willen, der dennoch nicht lassen konnte von der Welt des Geldes und des Ruhms. Und es ist die Geschichte eines Knockouts, der ein Leben beendete und ein zweites für immer veränderte...
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Reinhard Kleist
39 books108 followersBorn in 1970 near Cologne.
After school he had an internship at printing and publishing Landpress in Weilerswist Studium at the College of Visual Arts in Münster. There the albums "Lovecraft", "Dorian" and "adventure of a switchman" were created.
After graduation in 1996 he moved to Berlin.
where he worked in a studio. For some years he did workshops, lectures and exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Jordan, Algeria, Spain, Canada and others, at the invitation of the Goethe Institute or my foreign publishers.
In December 2013, as part of a project for ARTE, he was in a refugee camp in northern Iraq where he I did interviews with Syrian refugees. He did a lot of sketches, and did two workshops with children. The results and photos from the workshop can be seen at ARTE Refugees
In 2011 his comic strip "The Boxer" was published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which was published in May 2012 in a revised version as a book by Carlsen Verlag.
In 2015, "The Dream of Olympia", the story of Samia Yusuf Omar, was published by Carlsen Verlag and in 2016 was awarded the "Annual Lynx" and the Catholic Children and Youth Book Prize.
After school he had an internship at printing and publishing Landpress in Weilerswist Studium at the College of Visual Arts in Münster. There the albums "Lovecraft", "Dorian" and "adventure of a switchman" were created.
After graduation in 1996 he moved to Berlin.
where he worked in a studio. For some years he did workshops, lectures and exhibitions in countries like Mexico, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Jordan, Algeria, Spain, Canada and others, at the invitation of the Goethe Institute or my foreign publishers.
In December 2013, as part of a project for ARTE, he was in a refugee camp in northern Iraq where he I did interviews with Syrian refugees. He did a lot of sketches, and did two workshops with children. The results and photos from the workshop can be seen at ARTE Refugees
In 2011 his comic strip "The Boxer" was published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which was published in May 2012 in a revised version as a book by Carlsen Verlag.
In 2015, "The Dream of Olympia", the story of Samia Yusuf Omar, was published by Carlsen Verlag and in 2016 was awarded the "Annual Lynx" and the Catholic Children and Youth Book Prize.
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October 15, 2021
A sad and haunted dramatization of the life of a Black LGBTQ+ man who wanted to design women's hats but stumbled into a boxing career in the 1950s that would lead him to multiple championships and one of the most infamous days in the sport's history.
Reinhard Kleist's heavy and bold ink work moves the story along well, though I wasn't thrilled with the hallucinatory/supernatural framing device. And after detailing a lifetime of fights and struggles with homophobia and racism, the denouement fizzles as closing events are sketched out in a vague manner that skip past twenty years as if they didn't happen. Still, I'm happy for the chance to learn more about this amazing individual.
Reinhard Kleist's heavy and bold ink work moves the story along well, though I wasn't thrilled with the hallucinatory/supernatural framing device. And after detailing a lifetime of fights and struggles with homophobia and racism, the denouement fizzles as closing events are sketched out in a vague manner that skip past twenty years as if they didn't happen. Still, I'm happy for the chance to learn more about this amazing individual.
April 16, 2022
Boksör ve şapka tasarımcısı.
Boksör ve homoseksüel; üstelik 8 kere de dünya şampiyonu!
Aykırı (?) duran meselelerle geçen bir ömür.
Kitabın sonundaki spor ve eşcinsellik üzerine yazılmış bir çeviri makale de kitaba oldukça iyi gitmiş.
Boksör ve homoseksüel; üstelik 8 kere de dünya şampiyonu!
Aykırı (?) duran meselelerle geçen bir ömür.
Kitabın sonundaki spor ve eşcinsellik üzerine yazılmış bir çeviri makale de kitaba oldukça iyi gitmiş.
March 28, 2020
Kleist’ten yine güzel bir gerçek yaşam kesiti. Çizgi roman sevelerin, özellikle bu tür çizgi roman severlerin kaçırmayacağını düşündüğüm bir çalışma.
July 20, 2023
Reinhard Kleist dünyaya biografi çizmek için, duyduğu gördüğü hikayeleri anlatmak için gelmiş bir adam. Açıkçası kitaplarına fazlasıyla ön yargılıyım çünkü kitaplarını okurken kendimi Nebil Özgentürk belgeseli izler gibi hissediyorum. Ama bu kitap hariç.
Birkaç hafta önce Sırtlan Kitap ziyaretimde Emre Yavuz'a bu önyargımdan bahsettiğimde ısrarla Nakavt'ı okumamı söyledi. Ve gerçekten "iyi ki" önermiş diyorum. Kitabın konusu ve Emile Griffith yüzeysel olarak anlatılırsa açıkçası Netflix senaryosuna çok kolaylıkla malzeme olabilecek bir iş çıkar. Amerikalı siyahi gay bir boksör. Kadın şapkaları tasarlamayı ve şarkı söylemeyi seviyor. İnsanların onu sevmesini isteyecek kadar nahif, ringte katil olabilecek kadar da hırslı ve öfkeli. Tüm bu malzemeyi ele alınca gerçekten de her noktasından kör göze parmak sosyal mesajlar içeren bir Netflix melodramı çıkar diyorsunuz. Ama Kleist bu hikayeyi o kadar ustalıkla, öyle ince bir yerden ele alıyor ki hikayenin gerçekten görmemiz gereken yerleri dışında hiç bir ayrıntı ile boğuşmuyor, boğulmuyoruz.
Kitabı tamamladığımda, bugüne kadar uzak durduğum için epeyce pişman oldum.
Birkaç hafta önce Sırtlan Kitap ziyaretimde Emre Yavuz'a bu önyargımdan bahsettiğimde ısrarla Nakavt'ı okumamı söyledi. Ve gerçekten "iyi ki" önermiş diyorum. Kitabın konusu ve Emile Griffith yüzeysel olarak anlatılırsa açıkçası Netflix senaryosuna çok kolaylıkla malzeme olabilecek bir iş çıkar. Amerikalı siyahi gay bir boksör. Kadın şapkaları tasarlamayı ve şarkı söylemeyi seviyor. İnsanların onu sevmesini isteyecek kadar nahif, ringte katil olabilecek kadar da hırslı ve öfkeli. Tüm bu malzemeyi ele alınca gerçekten de her noktasından kör göze parmak sosyal mesajlar içeren bir Netflix melodramı çıkar diyorsunuz. Ama Kleist bu hikayeyi o kadar ustalıkla, öyle ince bir yerden ele alıyor ki hikayenin gerçekten görmemiz gereken yerleri dışında hiç bir ayrıntı ile boğuşmuyor, boğulmuyoruz.
Kitabı tamamladığımda, bugüne kadar uzak durduğum için epeyce pişman oldum.
December 2, 2021
Content notes for sex, nudity, homophobic slurs, boxing and boxing fatality.
Born in Cologne, Reinhard Kleist studied graphic design before moving to Berlin and starting work as a cartoonist. Knock Out is not his first biography comic, Kleist's translated work also includes biographies of Elvis and Johnny Cash, he's also done a number of other sports biographies specifically including books about boxer Harry Haft and Samia Yusuf Omar.
Keywords that came to mind while reading this book? Boxing, civil rights, regrets, hats, and love.
The goodread's description is "The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at Griffith during the weigh-in, died from his injuries. In Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist draws a powerful, emotive portrait of a bisexual African American athlete who, facing racism and homophobia in 1960s America, found success in the world of boxing. It’s the story of a fierce and ambitious fighter, and of a knockout blow that ended one life and changed a second forever."
As far as the writing goes I would generally say it was pretty interesting and well done. Obviously, as a generally not sportsy person, I was not aware of Emile Griffith before picking up this book so I am at the mercy of Kleist's depiction. But, again, even as a not sportsy person I found the story really compelling and page turning.
The art certainly helped keep me engrossed. Dramatic black and white with lots of interesting shadow work. No cross hatching in sight, but I'll live. The cover is also unique and intense in a way that made it a must pick-up.
A person at the point of several intersections, sexuality, gender and race were all very important to this book.
Starting with sexuality, there are a couple of things at play here. For one, the narrative in the book did make me feel somewhat uncomfortable about the use of the term bisexual. But doing more research into how Griffith self-identified at different points, even later in life when he became more open about his sexuality to push back against the stereotypes of his profession, he did identify as bisexual. As it doesn't seem like Kleist limited himself to just reciting facts, I feel like he could have probably set up the narrative so it didn't feel like bisexuality is a person who is really just attracted to one gender but finds themselves pressured to be in relationship with another gender. As many gay and lesbian people have been over the last century. Because your sexuality is not just a tally of the genders of people you have ever had sex with. That said, his marriage did in fact not last that long and I did appreciate that at least in the book his wife (Mercedes Donastorg) was not put off by his attraction to men.
I really appreciated the opportunity to dive into a historical queer experience. Not one who got involved in either racial or sexual civil rights, this was a story a step outside of what I've generally read which proved super interesting.
Gender felt like the next most emphasized part of both the story and the follow up essay. The juxtaposition, for example, of being a hat designer and a boxer really pushed against any box you would want to put Griffith in.
There was a lot of racial diversity in the book as well as people coming from many other countries to come together around boxing.
While not outlined as clearly as the previous three intersections, ability and disability were somewhat implicated in the way that Kleist depicts Griffith. With boxing being a sport that takes a high level of physical ability that breaks down both your body and mind.
And while Griffith's material conditions went up and down with his success as a boxer, I felt like class was de-emphasized as a focus.
A very easy and fast paced read, with a higher proportion of action scenes then I generally like, this book has lingered in my mind long after I finished it. Four out of five stars. Would recommend.
Born in Cologne, Reinhard Kleist studied graphic design before moving to Berlin and starting work as a cartoonist. Knock Out is not his first biography comic, Kleist's translated work also includes biographies of Elvis and Johnny Cash, he's also done a number of other sports biographies specifically including books about boxer Harry Haft and Samia Yusuf Omar.
Keywords that came to mind while reading this book? Boxing, civil rights, regrets, hats, and love.
The goodread's description is "The American boxing champion Emile Griffith gained notoriety in 1962 when he brutally defeated the Cuban fighter Benny Paret. Ten days after the fight, Paret, who had directed a homophobic slur at Griffith during the weigh-in, died from his injuries. In Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist draws a powerful, emotive portrait of a bisexual African American athlete who, facing racism and homophobia in 1960s America, found success in the world of boxing. It’s the story of a fierce and ambitious fighter, and of a knockout blow that ended one life and changed a second forever."
As far as the writing goes I would generally say it was pretty interesting and well done. Obviously, as a generally not sportsy person, I was not aware of Emile Griffith before picking up this book so I am at the mercy of Kleist's depiction. But, again, even as a not sportsy person I found the story really compelling and page turning.
The art certainly helped keep me engrossed. Dramatic black and white with lots of interesting shadow work. No cross hatching in sight, but I'll live. The cover is also unique and intense in a way that made it a must pick-up.
A person at the point of several intersections, sexuality, gender and race were all very important to this book.
Starting with sexuality, there are a couple of things at play here. For one, the narrative in the book did make me feel somewhat uncomfortable about the use of the term bisexual. But doing more research into how Griffith self-identified at different points, even later in life when he became more open about his sexuality to push back against the stereotypes of his profession, he did identify as bisexual. As it doesn't seem like Kleist limited himself to just reciting facts, I feel like he could have probably set up the narrative so it didn't feel like bisexuality is a person who is really just attracted to one gender but finds themselves pressured to be in relationship with another gender. As many gay and lesbian people have been over the last century. Because your sexuality is not just a tally of the genders of people you have ever had sex with. That said, his marriage did in fact not last that long and I did appreciate that at least in the book his wife (Mercedes Donastorg) was not put off by his attraction to men.
I really appreciated the opportunity to dive into a historical queer experience. Not one who got involved in either racial or sexual civil rights, this was a story a step outside of what I've generally read which proved super interesting.
Gender felt like the next most emphasized part of both the story and the follow up essay. The juxtaposition, for example, of being a hat designer and a boxer really pushed against any box you would want to put Griffith in.
There was a lot of racial diversity in the book as well as people coming from many other countries to come together around boxing.
While not outlined as clearly as the previous three intersections, ability and disability were somewhat implicated in the way that Kleist depicts Griffith. With boxing being a sport that takes a high level of physical ability that breaks down both your body and mind.
And while Griffith's material conditions went up and down with his success as a boxer, I felt like class was de-emphasized as a focus.
A very easy and fast paced read, with a higher proportion of action scenes then I generally like, this book has lingered in my mind long after I finished it. Four out of five stars. Would recommend.
December 16, 2021
Wow! How does Emile Griffith not have an Oscar-winning biopic? Reinhard Kleist's Knock Out! would offer the perfect source material. Griffith was a champion boxer who also happened to be gay, a skilled hat designer, and, oh yeah, .
Knock Out! effectively supplies Griffith's life story without lingering too heavily on dull narration. Kleist uses a smart framing device that ties into the turning point in Griffith's life - the reveal of the narrator is a shock if you don't know Griffith's life story. The main narrative is smart, sad, and humorous when it needs to be. Essentially perfect! The ideal graphic biography. Even the bonus essay about homosexuality in boxing is fascinating. If I had the money (or know-how), I'd buy the film rights to this dang book.
Knock Out! effectively supplies Griffith's life story without lingering too heavily on dull narration. Kleist uses a smart framing device that ties into the turning point in Griffith's life - the reveal of the narrator is a shock if you don't know Griffith's life story. The main narrative is smart, sad, and humorous when it needs to be. Essentially perfect! The ideal graphic biography. Even the bonus essay about homosexuality in boxing is fascinating. If I had the money (or know-how), I'd buy the film rights to this dang book.
April 9, 2024
Ich mochte den Zeichenstil voller Bewegung und die Bestimmtheit, mit der Emile Griffiths Geschichte erzählt wird! Als Figur ist er mir nahe gekommen; ich habe mich gefreut, über sein Leben zu lernen. Am unangenehmsten war mir, dass schon auf der dritten Seite das N-Wort aufgetaucht; das hätte nun wirklich grafisch entsprechend bearbeitet, z.B. teils überdeckt werden können, ohne es vollständig auszuschreiben. Außerdem hätte ich mir im Anhang eine kurze biografische Übersicht gewünscht, um einige der Ereignisse zeitlich besser einordnen zu können.
Abgesehen davon ein gut lesbares, kurzweiliges Graphic Novel, für (mindestens) alle, die an den historischen Lebenserfahrungen von queeren Sportler:innen interessiert sind!
Abgesehen davon ein gut lesbares, kurzweiliges Graphic Novel, für (mindestens) alle, die an den historischen Lebenserfahrungen von queeren Sportler:innen interessiert sind!
May 1, 2023
Şapka tasarımcısı olmak isterken kendini ringlerde bulan naif bir karakterin dokunaklı öyküsü. Sevdim çünkü özel bir adam daha tanıdım.
October 29, 2020
Een best mooi boek geschreven over een bokser, Emile, die niet alleen gevechten voert in de ring maar ook daarbuiten. Hij is namelijk zwart en homo. Hij maakt vrouwenhoedjes voor zijn werk. We zien hoe hij worstelt met alles en ook hoe mensen op hem reageren (en dat wordt later alleen maar erger als we erachter komen wat er is gebeurd in de ring). Op het moment dat we hem tegenkomen is hij net in elkaar geslagen en praat hij met een spook uit het verleden terwijl hij thuis probeert te komen, veilig, en hopelijk levend. Terwijl we onderweg zijn naar huis verteld hij over zijn verleden. Over waar hij vandaan komt en hoe hij aan boksen is gekomen en al zijn wedstrijden, maar ook wat hij daarna heeft gedaan. En ook waarom hij nu nog, na al die jaren, achterna wordt gezeten door een spook. En wie dat spook is. Ik vond het enorm goed geschreven. De tekeningen waren op punten ook goed gedaan, al vond ik ze af en toe ook helemaal niet mijn ding.
Zeker een aanrader.
Zeker een aanrader.
February 5, 2020
In dieser Graphic Novel wird die Geschichte des aus der Karibik stammenden Boxers Emile Griffith nacherzählt, der 1961 erstmals Weltmeister wurde. Mir hat vor allem gefallen, dass die Erfahrungen von Griffith als Schwarzer und Homosexueller geschildert werden und dadurch deutlich wird, wie sehr in der Sportwelt bestimmte Bilder von Männlichkeit diskriminierend wirken. Einen großen Unterschied zwischen den 1960er/1970er Jahren zu heute kann man da leider nicht feststellen.
December 23, 2022
I'd never heard of Emile Griffith (makes sense because I've watched exactly one boxing match in my life).
His story is told skillfully, capturing Griffith's both his winning personality in moments of levity and his older life in obscurity, without bitterness himself but transmitting anger at that unfairness by the author. The visual style was a bit too brash for me; pages felt heavy to me
(although I liked that a lot in the parts about women's haberdashery since it was a weird contrast!)
His story is told skillfully, capturing Griffith's both his winning personality in moments of levity and his older life in obscurity, without bitterness himself but transmitting anger at that unfairness by the author. The visual style was a bit too brash for me; pages felt heavy to me
(although I liked that a lot in the parts about women's haberdashery since it was a weird contrast!)
March 14, 2024
A graphic novel about the life of Emile Griffith. I didn't know his story before this, so is was a very interesting and also, hm, melancholy read. The art is impressive and has a very unique style, although the all black-and-white and bold strokes can get a bit heavy on the eyes (I sometimes had difficulty making out what happens in the panels).
March 24, 2021
Pas besoin d'être un fan de boxe pour apprécier ce récit sur la vie d'Émile Griffin! M. Kleist nous ramène à une époque difficile pour les noirs et les gais. Quoique, des fois, à regarder les nouvelles et le monde aujourd'hui, c'est à se demander s'il y a vraiment eu amélioration...
September 28, 2023
Dark graphics make the reading extremely heavy but I did like the way the "Champs" inner thoughts are made visible by a clever method. I felt the story could have had more potential and failed to reach all of it. For me it was a shame since stories like these are important.
February 24, 2025
Fantástico cómic sobre uno de los más famosos boxeadores del siglo pasado. Aunque siendo una pena que se hiciese conocido, principalmente, por motivos extradeportivos o por su fatídica pelea con Benny Paret.
August 30, 2020
Itiraf ediyorum, Reinhard Kleist'ın kitaplarını su içer gibi yudum yudum okuyorum ki hemen bitmesin.
February 2, 2021
Goede graphic novel over de bokser Emile Griffith. Zijn innerlijke strijd en zijn gevecht met de buitenwereld zijn mooi verweven in het verhaal. Zeer mooi getekend.
April 9, 2022
Řemeslně dobře zvládnutý komiks, scénář mě bohužel nebavil. Griffith je místy až forrestgumpovský prosťáček, ke kterému jsem si nenašel cestu.
February 27, 2024
I did not know this story. I may have liked more details on Emile Griffith’s life but for a quick light read it was pretty great and well-illustrated.
August 29, 2021
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Kleist presents the true story of champion boxer, Emile Griffith.
One day while at work, in a most oppressive heat, Emile Griffith was stuffing hats in boxes, singing to himself, when several people noticed that his physique was that of a boxer. His boss, Mr. Arnold, took Emile to a local boxing gym and got him set up with a trainer and his first match. Even though Emile didn't want to hurt anyone, he found he was really good at boxing. His strategy? Hit the other guy before he has a chance to hit you. Emile would go on to win many championships and start his own line of Ladies Hats with his former shop. Emile also took several lovers along the way, but, despite their encouragement, he never wanted to get into activism or anything outside of the ring that would draw attention to his personal life. His major rival was Benny "Kid" Paret, who hurled a homophobic slur at Griffith before one of the title matches. Paret later died from his injuries sustained by Griffith during the match.
Kleist narratively has Emile relive his life towards the end of it, and tell the ghost of Paret what happened throughout, leading up to the death of Paret. The constant flashbacks and conversations Griffith has with Paret are easy to follow, and it builds a depth to the story of Griffith's guilt that would otherwise be missing. While Griffith was not a pioneer civil rights fighter, it was an open secret that he was bisexual, and his popularity despite his sexual orientation helped to normalize bisexuality to a small extent.
The heavy, dark illustrations were a little hard to get into at first, but after a few pages, it started to work for me. The only part that was difficult to follow was the fight between Griffith and Paret because they were drawn pretty similarly. It was hard to tell them apart during the action.
This story contains one scene of mutual masterbation (one of the boy's butts is in the shot, but no other bits), and a few suggestive scenes of Emile in bed with naked men (again, no bits are seen). There is also bloodshed and violence. Several characters smoke and drink alcoholic beverages.
Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 11-12
Kleist presents the true story of champion boxer, Emile Griffith.
One day while at work, in a most oppressive heat, Emile Griffith was stuffing hats in boxes, singing to himself, when several people noticed that his physique was that of a boxer. His boss, Mr. Arnold, took Emile to a local boxing gym and got him set up with a trainer and his first match. Even though Emile didn't want to hurt anyone, he found he was really good at boxing. His strategy? Hit the other guy before he has a chance to hit you. Emile would go on to win many championships and start his own line of Ladies Hats with his former shop. Emile also took several lovers along the way, but, despite their encouragement, he never wanted to get into activism or anything outside of the ring that would draw attention to his personal life. His major rival was Benny "Kid" Paret, who hurled a homophobic slur at Griffith before one of the title matches. Paret later died from his injuries sustained by Griffith during the match.
Kleist narratively has Emile relive his life towards the end of it, and tell the ghost of Paret what happened throughout, leading up to the death of Paret. The constant flashbacks and conversations Griffith has with Paret are easy to follow, and it builds a depth to the story of Griffith's guilt that would otherwise be missing. While Griffith was not a pioneer civil rights fighter, it was an open secret that he was bisexual, and his popularity despite his sexual orientation helped to normalize bisexuality to a small extent.
The heavy, dark illustrations were a little hard to get into at first, but after a few pages, it started to work for me. The only part that was difficult to follow was the fight between Griffith and Paret because they were drawn pretty similarly. It was hard to tell them apart during the action.
This story contains one scene of mutual masterbation (one of the boy's butts is in the shot, but no other bits), and a few suggestive scenes of Emile in bed with naked men (again, no bits are seen). There is also bloodshed and violence. Several characters smoke and drink alcoholic beverages.
Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 11-12
June 26, 2024
An intense true-life sort-of melodrama, punctuated with art that is excellent on a generational level.
October 17, 2019
Sehr interessante Graphic Novel, die eine ungewöhnliche Geschichte erzählt. Die Zeichnungen sind schwarz/weiss und dadurch an manchen Stellen etwas verwirrend. Nichts zum "Nebenbei"-Lesen.
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