From comic book to the mat: Chessboxing bout thrills French

PARIS — French comic book writer Enki Bilal laps it up as he watches two proponents of his creation combine the cerebral nature of chess with the physicality of boxing in a “sporting” first.Bilal watched spellbound as Paris’s Cabaret Sauvage hosted France’s first “bout” of competitive chessboxing on Saturday, nearly three decades after he first depicted the concept in his work.

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From comic book to the mat: Chessboxing bout thrills French

From comic book to the mat: chessboxing bout thrills French creator