Bobby Fischer, chess wunderkind turned outcast and hatemonger, would have turned eighty last month. He was raised by a single mother in Brooklyn, struggling to make ends meet. He became the G.O.A.T. (“greatest of all time”) in his field, celebrated by millions. He dropped out of school at age sixteen and was, by his own account, a genius who achieved all his goals by the age of twenty-nine. He then disappeared, only to return in very public celebrity meltdowns, spewing vicious antisemitism, despite being Jewish himself. Our graphic biography chronicles the cinematic life of Bobby Fischer.
Excerpted from Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer by Julian Voloj, art by Wagner Willian. © 2023 Published by Abrams ComicArts, April 4, 2023. All Rights Reserved.
Julian Voloj is the author of several critically acclaimed graphic novels, often focusing on forgotten heroes. He is the executive director of Be’chol Lashon, an organization celebrating Jewish diversity through arts, culture and storytelling. With this anthology he combines both his passions, celebrating diversity through comic book storytelling. Born in Germany to Colombian parents, he lives in New York.
Wagner Willian is a comics artist, visual artist, writer, and editor. He has won the main awards in the Brazilian market, such as Prêmio Jabuti, HQMIX, and Troféu Grampo de Ouro, and has been published in France, Portugal, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, and Poland. He lives in São Paulo.
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