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thealucinaut's review against another edition
3.0
This should probably be a 2 star but I can't give a book about Bowie by the Allreds something that low, so I'll say this is maybe a 2.75.
This was the most intricately illustrated Wikipedia entry I've ever read?
Listen. We all think David Bowie is cool as hell and a rad musician, and that his life was a novel one. Of course. As a collection of cool illustrations of the first half of his career, with bits of trivia dispersed throughout, it's interesting! I learned a few things. ...but only a few.
I was kind of befuddled by this book until it was all over and I read Mike Allred's afterword, where he explains that this book was originally his research for a Ziggy Stardust comic he never got to do, and that he slowly drew over time as a passion project. That's what it reads as. Illustrated research, a sparse timeline with little notes here and there and no new ideas or narrative framework other than a vague idea of identity.
A fun diversion for Bowie fans, rendered in Allred's trademark pop-art style. Wish it was something deeper, but oh well.
This was the most intricately illustrated Wikipedia entry I've ever read?
Listen. We all think David Bowie is cool as hell and a rad musician, and that his life was a novel one. Of course. As a collection of cool illustrations of the first half of his career, with bits of trivia dispersed throughout, it's interesting! I learned a few things. ...but only a few.
I was kind of befuddled by this book until it was all over and I read Mike Allred's afterword, where he explains that this book was originally his research for a Ziggy Stardust comic he never got to do, and that he slowly drew over time as a passion project. That's what it reads as. Illustrated research, a sparse timeline with little notes here and there and no new ideas or narrative framework other than a vague idea of identity.
A fun diversion for Bowie fans, rendered in Allred's trademark pop-art style. Wish it was something deeper, but oh well.
drkottke's review against another edition
4.0
Just gorgeous. It does not pretend to be a comprehensive biography; it's a longtime fan's appreciation of the public Bowie in arguably his most visual period. Most pages are worthy of framing. Could have whipped through it, but opt d to savor it panel by panel.
ultramarinedream's review against another edition
4.0
Great art and a fun read. Don't leave us hanging Mike Allred, we need a sequel about his Berlin years!
ed_correa's review against another edition
4.0
Un extraordinario repaso por la carrera y la vida de Bowie cuyo foco principal se centra en su etapa como de Ziggy Stardust, antes y después de eso no es mucho lo que se profundiza pero toca importantes momentos de encuentros con otros grandes iconos del rock. Aunque fraccionada como toda biografía, se respeta la objetividad al presentar a David Jones como un ser humano con virtudes y defectos detrás de cámaras.
geek_mama_em's review against another edition
The art is gorgeous
But the book leaves out a lot of what made Bowie such an amazing and fascinating icon. Kind of a let down
But the book leaves out a lot of what made Bowie such an amazing and fascinating icon. Kind of a let down
davinagifford's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely delightful. The art is stunning and there were lots of little details that were new to me.