Billie Holiday
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1681120933 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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John Plowright said Lady Sings the Blues in black and white. Billie Holliday (born Eleanora Fagan, on 7 April 1915) had teenage parents and experienced a childhood of poverty and abuse. ‘Billie Holiday’ by writer Carlos Sampayo and artist Jose Muñoz starts with an introduction charting her life by French journalist Francis Marmande. Even allowing for very poor translation his is one of the worst pieces of writing – both prolix and pretentious – that I’ve encountered.The opening sentence gives you a taste:“Let’s. An unflinching and decidedly R-rated look at the life and death of Billie Holiday 'Billie Holiday' by Carlos Sampayo and José Muñoz is a graphic novel about the famous jazz singer. She didn't have a picturesque life, and this book doesn't flinch from that.The book begins with an essay by Francis Marmande, a writer and journalist for Le Monde. The graphic novel has a framing story of a journalist doing a story on the 30th anniversary of Billie's death. What follows is not a complete story of her life, and it's certainly not a happy one. Billie had her own problems wi. Devil_Monkey said A gritty look at the life of Billie Holiday. This is a gritty, noirish look at the life of Billie Holiday.As the story begins a newspaper writer is given the task of putting together a special piece to honor the A gritty look at the life of Billie Holiday This is a gritty, noirish look at the life of Billie Holiday.As the story begins a newspaper writer is given the task of putting together a special piece to honor the 30th anniversary of Billie Holiday's death. The reporter doesn't even know the name - Billie Holiday. The rest of the book unfolds as the cold hard facts of the research get interspersed with flashbacks to the "real life", the story behind the story. the reality that is more nuanced, less black and white than the impersonal facts prese. 0th anniversary of Billie Holiday's death. The reporter doesn't even know the name - Billie Holiday. The rest of the book unfolds as the cold hard facts of the research get interspersed with flashbacks to the "real life", the story behind the story. the reality that is more nuanced, less black and white than the impersonal facts prese
By internationally renowned Argentine artists, featuring Muñoz' strikingly raw heavy blacks, this is not just a biography but a spell-binding art book tribute.. Beyond the public scandals that marred the life of the star (alcohol, drugs, violence), he seeks to restore the truth, revisiting the memory of Billie. With her voice even now managing to touch so many people, we follow a reporter on the trail of the artist on behalf of a New York daily. Through this investigation, Muñoz and Sampayo trace, through the undertones of racism, and in the wake of the blues, the slow drift of a singer who expressed the deepest emotions in jazz. Born in Philadelphua in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer, even mythical
Gaining international recognition, the duo has won Angouleme and Yellow Kid awards and been nominated for an Eisner.. His first comics job was assisting Francisco Solano Lopez, illustrating stories by Argentine comics legend Hector Osterheld. The duo collaborated often with various series, including Alack Sinner (IDW) and in Art Spiegelman’s Raw. Jose Muñoz had a serious passion for comics from an early age
His first comics job was assisting Francisco Solano Lopez, illustrating stories by Argentine comics legend Hector Osterheld. Gaining international recognition, the duo has won Angouleme and Yellow Kid awards and been nominated for an Eisner.. About the AuthorJose Muñoz had a serious passion for comics from an early age. His first leap into creating comics independently was the detective series Precinct 56. Muñoz moved to Europe in 1972, meeting fellow Argentine writer Carlos Sampayo. The duo collaborated often with various series, including Alack Sinner (IDW) and in Art Spiegelman’s Raw