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GLOW meets Bojack Horseman in a sharp, thoughtful, and hysterically funny pro-wrestling comedy

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GLOW meets Bojack Horseman in a sharp, thoughtful, and hysterically funny pro-wrestling comedy

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Step into the ring at Glorious Wrestling Alliance, the universe's least-professional wrestling company. The Great Carp, an amphibious wonder, is feeling the weight of his championship. Miranda Fury has donned a mask to smash wrestling's glass ceiling. And Gravy Train is desperate for a new gimmick, but it's hard when you're shaped like a giant gravy boat.

Collected in colossal full color for the first time, Josh Hicks's cult-hit comic covers identity, anxiety, and leg drops. In this hilarious love letter to the surreal theater of pro wrestling, the insecure grapplers of GWA lock up, throw things, throw each other, and occasionally curl up into little balls.

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Critic Reviews

“"When even suplexing people can't cheer you up anymore, what's an unhappy professional wrestler to do? Cartoonist Hicks delivers an affectionate body slam to the world of pro wrestling with this compilation of graphic episodes chronicling the ups and downs (mostly the latter) of a struggling troupe of ring warriors--led by fish-headed veteran Great Carp, who's feeling the existential depression more than the pain these days. He's accompanied by frustrated Miranda ('If you can't beat 'em, join 'em . . . and then beat 'em to death!') Fury, who secretly adopts a new persona as Hyper Mask so she can take on men too; and struggling poet Death Machine ('I gaze upon her beauty, her flowing, glistening hair / shimmering in the moonlight, like a reflective steel chair.') Great Carp's departure to find himself (and make a fortune selling branded vodka and housewares) nearly causes the Great Wrestling Alliance to founder, but in a properly rousing climax that underscores the spectacle's timeless appeal, he returns in the nick of time for a final, torch-passing Ultrabrawl XXVI bout that will have sweaty readers pounding their seats and saluting a new GWA champion. The art's cartoon style (not to mention the costuming) make it hard to distinguish racial identities, but the cast does show a range of skin tones. Spine-crushing fun."--Kirkus Reviews”

"Josh Hicks has created an epic story that will entertain wrestlers of all ages." –Children's Literature


"[A] delightful story about characters beating their self-doubt with metaphorical steel chairs. It's a mix of silly fun with gentle introspection. Wrestling fans will get a superkick out of this." - AIPT Comics


"This campy graphic novel is a knockout."—School Library Journal


"Spine-crushing fun."—Kirkus Reviews

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About the Author

Josh Hicks is a cartoonist from Wales, UK. Born in 1991, he was raised in a small ex-coal-mining village and has since moved to a city that is twenty minutes away by train. He has been making comics since 2015, working with anthologies and independent publishers in the UK and self-publishing his own minicomics. His work includes Glorious Wrestling Alliance and Hotelitor. When not making comics, Josh is usually thinking about them. He also works in animation as an art director, animator and storyboard artist. Josh Hicks is a cartoonist from Wales, UK. Born in 1991, he was raised in a small ex-coal-mining village and has since moved to a city that is twenty minutes away by train. He has been making comics since 2015, working with anthologies and independent publishers in the UK and self-publishing his own minicomics. His work includes Glorious Wrestling Alliance and Hotelitor. When not making comics, Josh is usually thinking about them. He also works in animation as an art director, animator and storyboard artist.

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Product Details

Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Published
5th October 2021
Pages
112
ISBN
9781728431086

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