Butts In Seats: The Tony Schiavone Story
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Average rating3.5
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Average rating3.5
From teenage wrestling fan to becoming “The Voice of Your Childhood,” famed professional wrestling commentator Tony Schiavone has spent five decades working in the pro wrestling industry... and he’s now sharing his story with the world! From teenage wrestling fan to becoming “The Voice of Your Childhood,” famed professional wrestling commentator Tony Schiavone has spent five decades working in the pro wrestling industry... and he’s now sharing his story with the world! This fourteen-chapter graphic novel details observations, anecdotes, and experiences about Tony’s life in professional wrestling as told by Tony himself and illustrated by over two dozen amazing artists from across the world! From his earliest days with Crockett Promotions to the rise and fall of WCW, and now his triumphant return with All Elite Wrestling, you can now experience Tony’s life in professional wrestling in a way that’s never been told–or seen–before!
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More of a 3.5 than a 3, but as a huge wrestling fan there's a lot to appreciate about this book as someone who began watching wrestling in 1999 and still does to this day.
I saw the spine of this title at my LCS and thought no way, that can't be referencing what I think? It was! Never knew this excited but was so excited to discover it did.
From childhood to today it follows Tony through his ups and downs in and out of the business. Each chapter is about a half-comic in length and may cover a large story so only so much can really be detailed in that time. With narrations from Tony in the first person, the art essentially gives visuals to go along with it, not relying too heavily on story through character dialog.
My only gripe is the artwork left a little to be desired and at times felt inconsistent. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't outright bad but I would have maybe liked it much more with a different artist or style to it. Sometimes the likeness of certain wrestlers felt spot-on and other times fell a bit more flat.
It was however a nice surprise that they could use branding from WWE properties given AEW also being involved and Tony being contracted with them at the time of publishing. It wouldn't of shocked me if they couldn't use nWo or Nitro/RAW logos but somehow they got the okay which could of really hurt the story otherwise.
Definitely pick this up if you're an old school wrestling fan. I'm not sure you'd get much out of it as a total outsider, but you probably won't even come across this otherwise.