01816cam a2200337 i 4500 418819760 TxGeo 20200218120000.0 190809s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781549303357 154930335X (OCoLC)1111644163 TxGeo rda Gill, Joel Christian. Fights : one boy's triumph over violence / words and pictures, Joel Christian Gill ; colors, Shannon Scott. First edition. Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2020. 246 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods. Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems by everything and everyone around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the best results for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, more fulfilling life than the one he was born into, as Joel learns in a series of brutal conflicts that eventually lead him to question everything he has learned about what it truly means to fight for one's life. "--Provided by publisher. 20200313. Gill, Joel Christian. Violence. African Americans. Biographical comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. Comic books, strips, etc. QS5