Elvis

author: Philippe Chanoinat
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.00
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2016/11/13
date added: 2016/11/13
shelves: currently-reading, graphic-novels
review:
'Elvis' by Philippe Chanoinat with illustrations by Fabrice Le Henanff is a graphic novel biography of the King, but it's a kind of tedious look at a life.

The book has lots of pictures that look like colorized black and white photos, but are actually based on pretty good drawings. The text is a recitation of facts. We find out where Elvis was born and when he recorded his first single. From there, the book tells us year by year the albums and films that came out. Large events are covered like his time in the military, his marriage and the birth of his daughter.

The book is all narration with no traditional dialogue like graphic novels have. That along with the rote facts gives the book a sort of cold feel. There are a few observations of how Elvis felt (sad at his mother's death, frustrated at his movie career), but those stand out against the sheer number of records and films he made. Of note, I did like how they called out known and lesser known people in the music industry that were around at the time of Elvis' rise to fame. That made the book more interesting, but once that was done, it was just a steady march to the end.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Papercutz, NBM Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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