The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling: A Hardcore, High-Flying, No-Holds-Barred History of the One True Sport. This item is unavailable.The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling: A Hardcore, High-Flying, No-Holds-Barred History of the One True Sport

From the host of the critically acclaimed pro wrestling podcast Straight Shoot, this graphic novel history of wrestling features the key grapplers, matches, and promotions that shaped this beloved sport and form of entertainment.

As a pop culture phenomenon, professional wrestling--with its heroic babyfaces and villainous heels performing suplexes and powerbombs in pursuit of championship gold--has conquered audiences in the United States and around the world. Now, writer/podcaster Aubrey Sitterson and illustrator Chris Moreno form a graphic novel tag team to present wrestling's complete illustrated history. Featuring legendary wrestlers like Bruno Sammartino, Hulk Hogan, and The Rock, and modern-day favorites like John Cena, Kenny Omega, and Sasha Banks, the book covers wrestling's progress from the carnival days of the Gold Dust Trio to the dominance of the WWF/WWE to today's diverse independent wrestling scene, and it spotlights wrestling's reach into Mexico/Puerto Rico (lucha libre), the U.K. (all-in), and Japan (puroresu).

AUBREY SITTERSON is a comic book writer and wrestling podcaster who has worked for Marvel, DC, Image, Oni, and Viz and is the author of the graphic novel Worth (currently in development as a feature film). He wrote Street Fighter x GI Joe and the ongoing GI Joe series for IDW. He has blogged for WWE.com and worked in the digital marketing department for WWE Games at THQ and 2K. His wrestling writing has appeared at Geek.com and on Brother Snapchat. On his wrestling podcast, Straight Shoot, Sitterson featured actors, writers, comedians, musicians, and wrestlers discussing the art of wrestling and wrestling storytelling.

CHRIS MORENO is a comics artist and creator who has worked for BOOM! Studios, IDW, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, and Zenescope, among others.