Andre the Giant

Brown, B. (2014). Andre the Giant. New York: FirstSecond

Genre and Themes: Young Adult Fiction Graphic Novel - wrestling, Andre Roussimoff, biography

This biographical graphic novel describes the entire life of Andre Roussimoff. From childhood Andre suffered from a rare disorder that caused him to grow too much. Because of his size he was often ridiculed throughout all his childhood. Andre, as we all know, grew up to become an actor as well as a professional wrestler dubbed Andre the Giant. In some cases such as this one his size worked to his advantage but in others it was a cause of excruciating pain, both emotional and physical. This graphic novel covers all his life both personal and professional up until his death in 1993. This novel also includes commentary from other well-known professionals that worked him professionally.

The way this graphic novel was written can make for a great lesson for high school students to create a comic book version of a biography for a famous person in history of their choice.