DRAWING A CROWD: Bill Gallo's Greatest Sports Moments | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bill Gallo, Phil Cornell
Publisher: Jonathan David Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1159032
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0824604210
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.0222
EAN: 9780824604219
ASIN: 0824604210
Publication Date: April 1, 2000
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Condition: New hardcover.
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Book Description
Featuring hundreds of gems that delight the eye as well as the heart, Drawing a Crowd brings together the best of the work of distinguished New York Daily News cartoonist Bill Gallo. Laugh, ponder, even shed a tear as Bill, Basement Bertha, Yuchie, and the rest of the Gallo cast of characters relive the most memorable sports moments of the past forty years and share some little-known things about some very well-known people. Here, youll experience the magnificence of a Michael Jordan and the reticence of a Sandy Koufax, the fury of a Vince Lombardi and the dignity of an Arthur Ashe, the grace of a Nancy Kerrigan and the majesty of a Sugar Ray Robinson. In Drawing a Crowd, youll also come to know the personal Gallo: the eleven-year-old who suddenly lost a father; the resilient young man who landed a job as a News copyboy; the Marine who saw comrades fall on the black sands of Iwo Jima; the gentlemans gentleman who has earned the respect and friendship of the greats of our time. A voice of calm in a world of hype, Bill knows that the game is not about winning but about competing; that competing is not about thrashing ones opponent but about doing ones absolute best; that being a star athlete is not about amassing megabucks but about setting an example for our kids. No wonder, then, that Pete Hamill, in the foreword to Drawing a Crowd, writes: Bill Gallo is Bill Gallo and there will never be another Bill Gallo. Peppered with the artists unique perspective, good-natured wit, and reminiscences on everyone from Ali to Joe D, Sinatra to Stengel, Torre to Trump, Broadway Joe to Johnny U, Drawing a Crowd demonstrates why Bill Gallo, long a New York secret, is truly a national treasure.
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 bill gallo is not cool November 20, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
bill gallo's cartoons are not funny. I buy the daily news everyday just to not laugh and be shock and awed by the utter stupidity and hideous animation. Hey bill................. arrows suck <---------- (bad review)
 Great cartoonist, great sports editorialist March 24, 2001
Anyone who grew up enjoying Bill Gallo's cartoons in the sports pages of the New York Daily News will delight in this collection, spanning all the decades of Gallo's career. Features all the famous (and infamous) sports figures and events you remember, and plenty of Gallo's beloved characters like Basement Bertha, Yutchie, and General Von Steingrabber. Smart, funny, moving, nostalgic.
The Sports Cartoon Encyclopedia November 5, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Drawing A Crowd" is filled with great sports cartoons and so much more. Bill takes you "behind the scenes" of the cartoons. He offers insight into the athletes, where we stood as a nation when the cartoon was published, and what was going on in his life at the time. Although Bill has spent his career at The NEW YORK Daily News, "Drawing A Crowd" contains cartoons of all the big athletes from all over the country throughout the decades. Thank you, Mr. Gallo, for finally putting this book together. "Drawing A Crowd" holds a prominent spot in my private library.
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