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Black & White

by Julian Voloj
Wagner Willian
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A graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to his eventual spiral into madness and infamy
The life of Bobby Fischer (1943â2008) had many unexpected movesâfrom his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace. Black & White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true callingâchess.
In 1972, Fischer played what many consider âthe game of the centuryâ against the Soviet Unionâs chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War. Later, Fischer became the youngest-ever US Chess Champion and the gameâs youngest grandmaster. Never before had chess received such international attention. Fischer, whose sole focus in life up until then was chess, reached the Olympus of chess at 29, and then . . . he disappeared.
Suffering from mental illness, the chess genius became increasingly paranoid, lost in anti-Semitic conspiracy theoriesâdespite the fact that he himself was Jewishâand died as a fugitive in Iceland. With Black & White, author Julian Voloj and illustrator Wagner Willian have crafted a beautiful and fascinating work that reveals Fischerâs history while also contextualizing his lasting impact on pop culture. Black & White is the first-ever graphic novel to tell Fischerâs story and examine the legacy he left behind.

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  • English