Welcome to THE GIMMICK, a Coen Brothers-style dark comedy from AHOY Comics, writer Joanne Starer (Sirens of the City; Away From Here) and artist Elena Gogou (Quests Aside). The Undertaker. Danhausen. El Santo. Every wrestler needs a good gimmick: a colorful in-ring persona that dazzles the crowd. Then theres wrestling champ Shane Bryant. Shanes a nice guy who floats through life with no repercussions and a forgettable gimmick. But Shanes been keeping a life-changing secret: he has super strength. And when he loses control of that strength, punching his fist straight through his opponents brainin front of 2.4 million horrified viewerseverything changes. Now Shane needs a new gimmickand a new life. The now fugitive Shane Bryant flees to Tijuana, where he begins a career as a masked wrestler. But Shanes life has too many loose ends to make a clean escape possible. His manipulative mother, his ex-girlfriend, his child, the friends he left behind, and the daughter of the man he killed all want a piece of him
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- | Author: Joanne Starer
- | Publisher: Ahoy Comics
- | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 144 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1952090261
- | ISBN-13: 9781952090264