Golem's Mighty Swing GN (2003 Drawn andQuarterly) comic books
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Jan 2003 by Drawn & Quarterly.$27.00
$9.00
1st printing.
Story and art by James Sturm.
Winner of a Harvey Award and voted Best Graphic Album of 2001 by Time Magazine, this popular book comes back in a new second printing! James Sturm delivers this compelling picture novella about a barnstorming Jewish baseball team.
Set in the 1920s, the story opens as The Stars of David travel from town to town earning a living by playing local squads. When financial difficulties threaten to end their season they cast their lot with a Chicago promoter, Victor Paige, who then convinces them to add the Golem, a Jewish mythological figure, to their bullpen. Paige then aggressively trumpets the coming of the Golem and proceeds to transform a baseball game into a mythical pageant. He fills the stadium but also stokes the flames of anti-Semitism.
Winning the game for the Stars of David becomes less important then surviving it.
Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 100 pages, B&W.
Cover price $16.95. -
Issue #1-REP
Published Jun 2003 by Drawn & Quarterly.$13.00
2nd and later printings. Story and art by James Sturm. Winner of a Harvey Award and voted Best Graphic Album of 2001 by Time Magazine, this popular book comes back in a new second printing! James Sturm delivers this compelling picture novella about a barnstorming Jewish baseball team. Set in the 1920s, the story opens as The Stars of David travel from town to town earning a living by playing local squads. When financial difficulties threaten to end their season they cast their lot with a Chicago promoter, Victor Paige, who then convinces them to add the Golem, a Jewish mythological figure, to their bullpen. Paige then aggressively trumpets the coming of the Golem and proceeds to transform a baseball game into a mythical pageant. He fills the stadium but also stokes the flames of anti-Semitism. Winning the game for the Stars of David becomes less important then surviving it. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.
