Andre The Giant Life and Legend (6)

 For this week’s assignment I decided to read Andre The Giant Life and Legend by Box Brown. This comic basically covers how Andre Roussimoff became the famous “Andre the Giant.” To be honest, I thought this comic book was amazing. Before reading this, I didn’t even know that Andre was a wrestler! I just thought he was famous because of his world record height. I felt like this comic just scratched the surface of his life. I don’t really know much about Andre, but I felt like there was just something missing. From the information we get in the beginning, we understand he constantly gets bullied, and goes from rags to riches. One thing I thought this comic could have dived in was the bullying aspect. Andre basically lived a life of torment and physical pain. If we were given more information about this, I think it would have made him appear more humble. From the separate articles I’ve read, Andre was a really kind and humble person. In this comic I feel like we get hints of him being humble. If that makes sense. Half way in the comic we finally get information about the acromegaly and the surgery. We also see his heart over working, back pain, joint pain and etc. Plus how he was taken advantage of because of his disorder! One thing I really  loved about this was the source notes. It solidifies everything mentioned, and clearly shows that a large portion of the material is true. Another thing that stood out to me was how attached Andre was to wrestling.  Andre had enough money to retire, be with his family, and support them. I just found that really sad. 

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