Humanoids has announced a brand new graphic novel about one of the most influential avant-garde bands in rock music history, All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Velvet Underground Story.
From multi-award winning artist Koren Shadmi comes the story of New York’s most iconic figures in the ‘60s—The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol—and the loaded push-pull relationship that distorted their lives and echoed throughout popular culture. Available in stores August 22.
Many cultural critics would agree that Andy Warhol gave the Velvet Underground their break simply by bringing them under his wing. While they reached a certain level of notoriety and local celebrity in their time and have since acquired a lasting cult following, their initial success was in large part fostered by Warhol’s patronage. But at the time, this relationship was muddied by a certain level of codependence and an insatiable appetite for fame, leaving Reed to ponder: Would we have succeeded without Warhol’s influence?
All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Velvet Underground Story will be available in bookstores everywhere (bookshop.org) on August 22, 2023 and in comic shops (comicshoplocator.com) on August 23, 2023. Digital copies can be purchased from comiXology and other digital platforms.
Source: Graphic Policy
