The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling by Aubrey Sitterson

From the host of the critically acclaimed pro wrestling podcast Straight Shoot, this graphic novel history of wrestling features the key grapplers, matches, and promotions that shaped this beloved sport and form of entertainment. Posted in: Comics, Indie Comics | Tagged: Aubrey Sitterson, beef bros, Fico Ossio, kickstarter, Taylor Esposito, tyrell cannon About Jude TerrorA prophecy once said that in the comic book industry's darkest days, a hero would come to lead the people through a plague of overpriced floppies, incentive variant covers, #1 issue reboots, and super-mega-crossover events. But the written word is unlikely to accurately convey the excitement behind this comic, so here you can watch Aubrey Sitterson make a complete ass out of himself (in a good way) to sell it to you:Īrt from Beef Bros by Aubrey Sitterson, Tyrell Cannon, Fico Ossio, and Taylor Esposito Sitterson describes the comic as 'nice leftism,' eschewing 'theorizing and lectures' for feel-good ideas like 'cooperation.' He also considers the work an 'antidote to toxic masculinity' by taking values traditionally considered feminine and having them be embodied by, well… the Beef Bros. That's why we need your help! Become a BEEFER today!

It's an anarcho-communist take on superheroes with politics so radical that the big corporate-owned publishers would never touch it. Imagine Noam Chomsky's Heroes for Hire meeting Peter Kropotkin's Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. The solution? BEEF BROS, an eye-searing, gonzo comic about Huey and Ajax Beef, a pair of neighborhood heroes willing to brawl with sadistic police, cruel landlords, and predatory corporations not because of any complicated college-boy theorizing, but because helping people out is simply the right thing to do. Most tend to be concerned not with creating a better world but merely defending the status quo, not to mention all the flat-out reactionary takes on the genre! It's a rare contemporary superhero comic that doesn't feature somewhat…troubling politics. Enter BEEF BROS, a revolutionary, leftist take on superheroes by Aubrey Sitterson (No One Left to Fight, The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling) and Tyrell Cannon (Eris, Speculative Relationships). But somewhere along the way that got lost, as capes transformed from populist defenders of the working class to glorified supercops.

In the beginning, superheroes were all about one thing: Protecting the little guy, gal, or nonbinary pal. Beef Bros is live on Kickstarter right now, described thusly on the campaign page:

The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling by Aubrey Sitterson