{"product_id":"9781631495588","title":"Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking graphic portrait of boxing legend Jack Johnson, Last On His Feet offers a front-row seat to the Battle of the Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lyrical narration and powerfully evocative black-and-white illustration combine for an uncommonly propulsive, completely immersive biography.--Library Journal, starred review Jacket Description\/Back : \" Last On His Feet is not only a testament to the incredibly complex life of Jack Johnson, but it's also an example of how some stories require more than straight-ahead prose. How some lives can only be captured by the ballet of poetry and razor-sharp imagery, especially a life as beautiful and brutal as Johnson's. Matejka and Daoudi rise to the occasion and turn a tale about one of the most courageous and controversial champions, into an experience so immersive you can almost smell blood and sweat coming from the pages. This is a masterpiece.\" --Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author \"With action, suspense, and introspection, Last On His Feet provides the reader a front row seat to the 'Fight of the Century.' A riveting tale of physical triumph against the backdrop of racism at the turn of the 20th century; a must-read for sport and history fans alike.\" --Andrew Aydin, coauthor of March and Run \"A powerful work -- no gimmicks, straightforward narrative with a timeless appeal, beautifully lyrical. Jack Johnson knew his place in this world and liked the finer things in life. He carved inroads to success with fists of righteous anger and keen business sense in a time when the odds were overwhelmingly stacked against someone like him. But if you think Jack Johnson would bend the knee -- then you don't know Jack!\" --Wilfred Santiago, author of 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente Review Quotes : Through a stylish mix of prose, blank verse and illustrations, Last on His Feet captures these tensions with unsparing poignancy.--Brandon Tensley \"Smithsonian\" Review Quotes : A desert boxing match becomes an epic, a tragic symbol, and a thunderous encapsulation of America's bloody racial history in this passionately told graphic history from Daoudi ( Monk! ) and Matejka ( The Big Smoke ) about America's first Black heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson (1878-1946) . . . This is a big brawl of a book that, like the greatest boxing matches, finds the poetry in the violence.--Publishers Weekly, starred review Brief Description : \"On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nevada, to witness an epic showdown. Jack Johnson, the world's first Black heavyweight champion--and most infamous athlete in the world because of his race--was paired against Jim Jeffries, a former heavyweight champion then heralded as the 'great white hope.' It was the height of the Jim Crow era, and spectators were eager for Jeffries to restore the racial hierarchy that Johnson had pummeled with his quick fists. Transporting readers directly into the ring, artist Youssef Daoudi and poet Adrian Matejka intersperse dramatic boxing action with vivid flashbacks to reveal how Johnson, the self-educated son of formerly enslaved parents, reached the pinnacle of sport--all while facing down a racist justice system.\"-- Review Quotes : [A] dynamic and unforgettable collaboration between artist Youssef Daoudi and writer Adrian Matejka... Last on His Feet is a wonder of words and images. It could be called a graphic novel if that description didn't fail to fully capture its cinematically visual and literary substance... [A] masterpiece.--Rick Kogan \"Chicago Tribune\" Review Quotes : The new graphic biography Last on His Feet is a fascinating collaboration between poet Adrian Matejka and artist Youssef Daoudi, who fracture the timeline of Johnson's life and create a mosaic of a narrative pieced together around his most famous fight: In 1910, he faced off against James Jeffries in the fight of the century , an event imbued with cultural weight far greater than the two fighters' combined 450 pounds. For the starkness of the black and white in the book -- Matejka's text and Daoudi's ink -- theirs is a story radiantly told.--Andrew Dansby \"Houston Chronicle\" Review Quotes : Daoudi's art blends perfectly with Matejka's lyric voice . . . Last on His Feet is a powerful narrative.--Thomas Hauser \"International Brotherhood of Prizefighters\/The Sweet Science\" Review Quotes : Daoudi and Matejka have crafted one of the most important historic graphic novels of the decade with Last on His Feet . It is a full exploration of how graphic narratives can tell stories and illuminate some of the often forgotten parts of history . . . Get excited. Get on your feet.-- \"Drunken Odyssey\" Review Quotes : [An] evocative and entrancing telling . . . With red ink luridly accentuating the brutal black-and-white tale, Daoudi's exceptional sense of anatomy, expressions, and choreography combine with the snap of Matejka's text to vividly depict this defiant and flawed man's struggle against a culture built to dehumanize him and equipped with laws to break him . . . A knockout.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Publisher Marketing :\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023-02-21\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46477836157059,"sku":"9781631495588","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781631495588.jpg?v=1770301242","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/9781631495588","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}