Brittney Griner, the basketball player recently released by the Russian government, will be the star of a comic book

The WNBA star will have a comic book issue dedicated to influential women in history and modern culture. The edition can be achieved both physically and digitally.

American basketball player Brittney Griner It is part of a comic series femaleforce, which highlights influential women in history and modern culture. Although his fame grew exponentially after him detention in Russiaafter being convicted of drug trafficking, and released through a prisoner exchange, the player is an icon in the fight for rights and equality.

the comic is written Michael Frizell and described by Martin Gimenez and it now has editions in which the life of Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Ellen DeGeneres, and Chelsea Handleramong others.

As advertised Frizzell the work will be available from January 18, physically and digitally. the comic of TidalWave of 22 pages, with title Woman Power: Brittney Griner.

The project is thought about the history of the basketball player, his adolescence and school, the complications he suffered because of his height, his sexuality, his identity and his certain rise to fame in WNBA and designation of the world defending the colors of USA in Olympics. The beginning of comics grinned dates back to pre-imprisonment times Russia. But that traumatic event strengthened him.

“My first focus was to explore his story to show his growth as an athlete and a person. I found Brittney’s story fascinating despite not knowing much about the WNBA before starting the research. I hope readers understand the person behind the headlines.”said Frizzell about the project.

grinned was arrested in Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow in February 2022, a week before Russia invade Ukraine, with less than a gram of cannabis oil in his possession. A few months later, after a trial, he was found guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced to nine years in prison. In December 2022, he was returned to the United States in a prisoner exchange in which arms dealer Viktor Bout, ‘The Merchant of Death’, returned to Russia.

The international press translated his arrest as the conversion of a person to the currency of exchange between Russia and the United StatesAmid rising tensions Washington-Moscow because of the situation in Ukraine. The unjust detention serves no other purpose than to put pressure on the international community and demand Bout’s release.

Brittney Griner is one of the most famous athletes of the century for USA and the world. The former No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft from phoenix mercury he excelled in his four college seasons and nine pro years; achieved one WNBA championship, two Olympic gold medals, eight WNBA All-Star selections, two Defensive Player of the Year awards, and one NCAA title.