Description Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades.
He lives in Atlanta, GA with his girlfriend, Amy, and their two cats..
Aside from his crime work he\'s made a dozen other comics and graphic novels in various genres, including Spy Seal, She Wolf, Vikings\' End, Don\'t Look Back, 8 1/2 Ghosts, Perverso!, The Horror of Collier County, and a humorous travel book called Let\'s Hit the Road.
At the moment he is drawing a new, but classically-styled, Dick Tracy comic series with Mike, Lee, and Laura Allred.
Thompson, Dark Corridor and Dry County.
Since then, he has penned a few more crime books, including Sam Hill: The Cavalier Mr.
He is mostly known for his series of crime novels, the first of which was Clover Honey.
Rich Tommaso started writing and drawing original comics and graphic novels in 1993.
His picture books for children include Ape and Armadillo Take Over The World, Birdsong, and the Adventures in Cartooning series (with Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost).
His graphic novels include The Golem\'s Mighty Swing, Market Day, and Off Season.
About the Author James Sturm is a cartoonist and the cofounder of The Center for Cartoon Studies.
In stark prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero, role model, consummate showman, and era-defining American.
Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this compelling narrative follows Paige from game to game as he travels throughout the segregated South.
Now the Center for Cartoon Studies turns a graphic novelist\'s eye to Paige\'s story.
A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro League\'s hardest thrower, most entertaining storyteller and greatest gate attraction. and then re-writing it. . .
He made a point of writing his own history .
Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction.
Description Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades
