The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story Author: Vivek J. Tiwary Philip Simon Andrew C. Robinson Kyle Baker Steve Dutro | Language: English | ISBN:
B00E9HGXZG | Format: PDF
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story Description
The Fifth Beatle is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided The Beatles—from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented international stardom. Yet more than merely the story of “The Man Who Made The Beatles,” The Fifth Beatle is an uplifting, tragic, and ultimately inspirational human story about the struggle to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Brian himself died painfully lonely at the young age of thirty-two, having helped The Beatles prove through “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” that pop music could be an inspirational art form. He was homosexual when it was a felony to be so in the United Kingdom, Jewish at a time of anti-Semitism, and from Liverpool when it was considered just a dingy port town.
- File Size: 90069 KB
- Print Length: 144 pages
- Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (November 19, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00E9HGXZG
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,386 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I'd been looking forward to reading this book for many moons now, following various sneak preview posts and tidbits on facebook and elsewhere. I've been a fan of artist Andrew Robinson's work for literally decades, having had the great pleasure of being one of his "teachers" at the Savanah College of Design. Now that I think of it, we even had the occasional opportunity to collaborate (Andy provided exquisitely rendered illustrations for a number of movie reviews I wrote for the school newspaper).
I mention all this just to clear the air in the spirit of "full disclosure." After all, one's suspicions are always raised when you read an unapologetically RAVE review like the one I'm posting here.
First of all, even though the story of Brian Epstein was thoroughly researched by author Vivek Tiwary, this is far, far from a straightforward narrative. Choosing instead to go with a more expressionistic, surreal approach, The Fifth Beatle takes quite a few liberties with both the story and the storytelling, and the reader is all the better for it. I can still remember the disappointing feeling I had while reading 1977's Marvel Super Special Number 7: The Beatles Story, written by David Anthony Kraft and drawn by George Perez and Klaus Janson. Despite being a fan of all three creators, it was sadly obvious that their by-the-numbers hack job didn't come close to capturing the essence and excitement of all-things Beatles. It read like it was produced by a committee, without a shred of creativity or inspiration. It was nothing more than "product," not remotely to be confused with art.
But The Fifth Beatle is something different, something new.
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