{"id":42592,"date":"2024-08-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42592"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:28:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T20:28:43","slug":"the-world-of-edena-when-david-invented-bowie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/the-world-of-edena-when-david-invented-bowie\/","title":{"rendered":"The World of Edena \/ When David Invented Bowie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Books That Belong On Paper<\/strong>\u00a0first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair.<\/em>\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get the issues a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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M\u0152BIUS LIBRARY: THE WORLD OF EDENA<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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M\u0153bius Library: The World of Edena<\/em>
by M\u0153bius
Dark Horse Books
2016, 176 pages, 8.7 x 1.1 x 11.1 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have been wanting to read M\u0153bius\u2019 comics for years, but until recently they\u2019ve been fairly expensive to acquire. Thankfully, Dark Horse is reprinting his work as part of the M\u0153bius Library. While I\u2019d never read any of his comics, I was very aware of the impact he\u2019s had on Sci-fi and pop culture. Jean Giraud or his pseudonym M\u0153bius is a French artist who has helped design movies like Dune, Alien, Tron, The Fifth Element, and The Abyss, just to name a few. The World of Edena<\/em> was a great introduction to his work, and definitely left me wanting more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story mixes sci-fi adventure, with deeper philosophical exploration. After crash landing and finding their way to an alien ship, highly evolved A-sexual beings Stel and Atan find themselves in a Garden of Eden like world. They quickly start to experience new feelings like hunger, pain, and sexual urges. What\u2019s incredible is that this story started as an ad for the Citro\u00ebn car company, you\u2019d be hard pressed to find a car company still making anything remotely close to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artwork\u2019s fantastic, you can definitely see how modern filmmakers were influenced by this style. This collection also includes the final chapter in the story, printed in English for the first time. If you\u2019re already a fan of M\u0153bius and haven\u2019t read this yet, or are as curious about his work as I was, this is definitely a great book to pick up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 JP LeRoux<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HADDON HALL: WHEN DAVID INVENTED BOWIE \u2014 A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT THE CREATIVITY STRUGGLE IN THE LATE 60S<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie<\/em>
by N\u00e9jib
SelfMadeHero
2017, 144 pages, 7.5 x 0.8 x 10 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s hard not to use a word like \u201cgroovy\u201d when it comes to describing Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie<\/em>. There\u2019s the setting: a crumbling estate in swinging London, where David Bowie, his wife Angie, and assorted others are living and creating in the late \u201860s. There\u2019s the loose, freewheeling quality to both the lettering and drawings, which use simple outlines and pops of color. And there\u2019s the sly humor, which comes through in both the dialogue and breaks from the main story (which show us how to be a music snob, how to be a fashionista, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the joys of this book is seeing the time period come to life. People like producer Tony Visconti, T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan, original Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett, and dissatisfied Beatle John Lennon pass through these pages. They worry about their music, experiment with sexual identities, and try to fend off feelings of creative envy. And, if they\u2019re Bowie, they develop their most iconic persona (Ziggy Stardust) while dealing with poignant family issues (the hospitalization of his schizophrenic brother Terry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is a delight. I learned plenty about Bowie despite having already read a biography, but Haddon Hall<\/em> doesn\u2019t feel educational. It shows in its not-too-serious way that creativity can be a grind, and that none of us \u2014 not even David Bowie \u2014 was born a fully formed artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Christine Ro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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