About the Fist Stick Knife Gun Personal Hist of Violence Graphic Novel

(W) Geoffrey Canada (A) Jamar Nicholas Geoffrey Canada was a small and scared boy growing up in the South Bronx. His childhood world was one where 'sidewalk boys' learned the codes of the block and were ranked through the rituals of fist, stick, knife, and, finally, gun. Acclaimed comics creator Jamar Nicholas transforms Canada's raw and riveting memoir as his fresh and edgy art connects with one of the most authentic and important true stories of urban violence ever told.