21: The Story Of Roberto Clemente [Paperback]

Now available for the first time in paperback, Wilfred Santiagos instant classicThis popular graphic biography of one of the most beloved baseball players of all time, Roberto Clemente, is now in paperback. Santiagos graphic novel captures the talent of Clemente the baseball player while also showcasing and illuminating the many simple and human qualities of the man that forged him into an honest and authentic hero. Its not just the subject matter thats a winner here. Santiago has a knack for simplicity in his storytelling approach, and in a medium thats often beset by needless complexity, thats a rare gift. With a bombastic stylized aesthetic focused on detail and environment, Santiago brings us into the moment, into Clementes childhood and adulthood, so that it seems not like history or someone elses story, but like the present and our own. All of the art is beautiful and filled with life, but the baseball scenes stand out. Panels of heightened expressiveness capture the energy of live baseball on the page, not only as a beautiful game but as an artform that Clemente grew to master.