Fire!! The Zora Neale Hurston Story

"Peter Bagge's Fire!! is thoroughly researched and eminently readable. Weaving together the complex tapestry of Zora Neale Hurston's life (and featuring accurate-and-entertaining cameos by Langston Hughes and Alice Walker, among others), this graphic novel is both insightful and fun to read—a rare combination."—Tami Navarro, Ph.D. Barnard Center for Research on Women, Columbia University

“Bagge provides a bright, highly moving introduction to a figure who is no longer obscure, but the full range of whose accomplishments we have yet to take into account.”—LA Review of Books

"Zora Neale Hurston was always larger than life, colorful—the ideal subject for graphic work. Here comes Peter Bagge’s well-researched interpretation of her talent, persistence, contrariness, and just Zora-ness in Fire!!. Here’s Zora laughing, also looking mean and impressive."—Missy Dehn Kubitschek, Professor of English and Africana Studies, IUPUI

"Cartoonist Peter Bagge sweeps through Zora Neale Hurston's life at a breakneck pace, sacrificing poignancy to sustain a sense of electricity. Like his subject, Bagge's full of contradictions, making him a surprisingly apt chronicler of this larger-than-life figure... It's irresistible to try and imagine what Hurston would make of this book, and inevitable to conclude that she'd approve."—Etelka Lehoczky, NPR Best Books of 2017

"From its cover image on, Bagge’s Fire!! presents Zora Neale Hurston’s story in a format worthy of its subject. Vibrant and humorous, this comic book is as an homage—“warts and all”—to a heroine who lived her life as an adventure fueled by intellectual curiosity, and creative desire."—Glenda R. Carpio, Professor of English & African and African American Studies, Harvard

“Peter Bagge pays Hurston all the deference she is owed in Fire!! The Zora Neale Hurston Story … a thoroughly engrossing exploration of the life of one of America's often overlooked groundbreakers.”—Under The Radar

“Fire!! is a reminder of the importance of radically being true to yourself.”—Signature Reads