Graphic novel johnny cash5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() He works in dramatic black ink each story has its own distinctive background shade. The book’s introduction is by Jan Donkers, an authority on American culture.Įrik Kriek’s distinctive style is one that lends itself richly to dark tales. This visual tour de force also comes with a CD with music from the Blue Grass Boogiemen, so that you can listen to the songs, some of them sung by the author himself (!). The result is a compelling collection of dark tales. Instead of giving us a literal rendition of the lyrics, Kriek went looking for the story behind the song. ![]() And whether it is The Long Black Veil (made famous by The Band and Johnny Cash among others) or Where the Wild Roses Grow (Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue), the story behind the music is often just as poignant as the song itself. Every song is a story with a beginning, middle and end. ![]() It’s a classic bluegrass or folk sub-genre halfway between fiction and reality, and deals with the great themes: crime, murder, betrayal, love. Everyone knows at least one murder ballad. ![]()
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