Michael Jordan Bull On Parade [Hardcover]

Thistour-de-force graphic biography explores basketball superstar Michael Jordans public successes and private struggles, with Santiagos passion for his subject shining through on everyfull-color page. At the age of 19, Jordan scoredthe winning jump shot in the final seconds of the 1982 NCAA Championship,earning him the moniker Air. He was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984, ateam with a decade of failure. By 1991, Jordan led the Bulls to their first NBAchampionship, besting Magic Johnson and the L.A. Lakers. In 1992, Michael Jordanjoined the Dream Team, an assembly of 12 legendary NBA players who steamrolledeveryone at the Barcelona Olympics and brought the gold back home. Despitetaking a season off to try his hand at professional baseball, Jordan still ledthe Bulls to three consecutive NBA Championships. However, his life is not without controversiesor calamities, and no amount of success or money can shield him from it. Buteveryone wanted to be like Mike, and Santiago comes closer than anyone toputting you on the parquet floor of the Chicagos United Center in your veryown pair of Air Jordans.InWith a strong, tightly-written narrative that often deftly illustrates social issues of the time, the book seeks to show the private life and motivation behind Jordans basketball careerits more a behind-the-scenes biography than an action-adventure sports drama. ... In all, this is a sympathetic portrayal of Jordan for those who like to look deeper into their sports stars.Where the artists baseball biography [This unique glance into Michael Jordans life explores some of the darker corners of his closet. Wilfred Santiago (writer and artist) tells this story in smaller chunks of Jordans life throughout five major sections of the book, each including brief interludes. The nonlinear structure of the story helps maintain a smooth pace and is artistically diverse in execution.Whats brilliant about Wilfred SantiagosA kinetic graphic biography about Michael Al£z