James M. LaRossa Jr., Jonathan Vankin, and Giorgio Pontrelli have teamed for Last of the Gladiators, a bio-comic about LaRossa’s mob lawyer father.
Based on the acclaimed memoir by James LaRossa Jr., and told through his eyes, Last of the Gladiators is the story of how a young man finds his own identity and place in the world, while growing up the son of one of the most outsized and outrageously successful personalities in the history of New York City, a father LaRossa Jr. always called his “true north.” In the end, Last of the Gladiators is the story of what it takes and what it means to become, and to be, a true man.Last of the Gladiators arrives in stores in October 2024, with a $24.99 cover price for the 128-page hardcover.
