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Andre The Giant: Closer Elect Heaven
Writer: Brandon Easton
Artist: Denis Medri
IDW Publishing; $12.99

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Andre the Giant: Life and Legend

December 28, 2013

As a pre-teen, I was a huge WWF wrestling fan in the early ‘90s - I had the sticker albums, a bunch of taped matches, and loads of wrestling toys and a ring (or squared circle); I loved all that crazy stuff. I left it behind when I became a teenager and never went back but I remember a lot from that time. There was a fake barber with gardening shears called Beefcake, a Scotsman in a kilt who was also in movies, and literally dozens of colourful wrestlers from hitmen to bushwhackers. Arguably the most memorable was Hulk Hogan with his handlebar mustache and yellow outfit he’d tear before his matches with “I am a real American” playing as he entered the ring - and his most memorable fight was undoubtedly his match against Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3.

It wasn’t until a few years later after watching The Princess Bride that I looked up what had happened to Andre the Giant and found out he’d died in 1993 - oddly, about the time I was at my most obsessed with wrestling - at the relatively young age of 46 in his sleep. That was the last I thought about Andre for over a decade until I read this excellent comic book on the Giant’s life by the superb Box Brown.

The book follows Andre Roussimoff’’s remarkable life as a 7ft 4in

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Comic Review: Andre The Giant: Closer To Heaven and Saved By The Bell Vol. 1

[The following is a guest review by Chad E. Young of Horror Movie BBQ. Chad is know for all things horror and pro wrestling. He's also a big Saved By the Bellfan so I decided to invite him to review two comics that have been on my to-do list for a long time. I hope you enjoy his commentary and please give him a follow on social media, @HorrorMovieBBQ on Twitterand Horror Movie BBQ on Facebook.]

When I was told by Jason that he had two comics for me to read and review, I thought to myself "ooooh! I love comics!". When he revealed that they were both comics based off characters that I've loved since I was a young 'en, I was even more enthused and prepared to take on the challenge of reviewing these. And boy oh boy, was it gonna be a bigggg challenge!

First up, Andre The Giant: Closer To Heavenby Brandon Easton. Since this tells the life story of the 8th Wonder of the World, this is less as much a comic as it is more a very visually delighting biography. But don't be fooled, Andre led quite the interesting life from beginning to end, so this is not your normal biography. It takes us from his humble beginnings to his struggles as young man coming to terms with his limitations to hi