A sad and haunted dramatization of the life of a Black LGBTQ+ man who wanted to design women's hats but stumbled into a boxing career in the 1950s that would lead him to multiple championships and one of the most infamous days in the sport's history.

Reinhard Kleist's heavy and bold ink work moves the story along well, though I wasn't thrilled with the hallucinatory/supernatural framing device. And after detailing a lifetime of fights and struggles with homophobia and racism, the denouement fizzles as closing events are sketched out in a vague manner that skip past twenty years as if they didn't happen. Still, I'm happy for the chance to learn more about this amazing individual. ( )