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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
informative
slow-paced
I know basically nothing about the Beatles so this was all new. I love the scribbly shading style & everyone's cheeks! The narrative was confusing at times & I did occasionally have a difficult time telling the characters apart. Lovely, but a little underwhelming.
reflective
sad
fast-paced
upon discovering this would be published: !!!!!!!!!!!!
upon reading: disappointing. i love the beatles and i love comics so i was hoping this would be explosively awesome and make all my dreams come true. but it was only pretty okay.
1. i love the cover art and the style of bellstorf's work. i really do. but then, reading the book, it turns out that the characters on the cover are the only characters he can draw. so almost all of the male characters look alike. i kept going "is that klaus, or stu? ah yes, klaus' chin has a slightly different line...oh wait, nevermind. that's george." there's also not a lot of movement to the drawings- like he's positioning paper dolls in different spots. so, while i would very much enjoy a print of bellstorf's work, say, on my wall...as a comic it's not quite the perfect fit.
2. the dialogue. this was translated from german so it's hard to say where that went wrong. it's clunky and wooden, like "i am going to say thing thing now that will advance the plot." there's no juice, no passion. and this is a great love story!
anyway, i'm still giving it 3 stars because looking at the cover makes me so happy and because i was so excited when i bought the book at TCAF. yep, that's irrational. but the innards are a solid 2.
upon reading: disappointing. i love the beatles and i love comics so i was hoping this would be explosively awesome and make all my dreams come true. but it was only pretty okay.
1. i love the cover art and the style of bellstorf's work. i really do. but then, reading the book, it turns out that the characters on the cover are the only characters he can draw. so almost all of the male characters look alike. i kept going "is that klaus, or stu? ah yes, klaus' chin has a slightly different line...oh wait, nevermind. that's george." there's also not a lot of movement to the drawings- like he's positioning paper dolls in different spots. so, while i would very much enjoy a print of bellstorf's work, say, on my wall...as a comic it's not quite the perfect fit.
2. the dialogue. this was translated from german so it's hard to say where that went wrong. it's clunky and wooden, like "i am going to say thing thing now that will advance the plot." there's no juice, no passion. and this is a great love story!
anyway, i'm still giving it 3 stars because looking at the cover makes me so happy and because i was so excited when i bought the book at TCAF. yep, that's irrational. but the innards are a solid 2.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Insightful graphic novel about Astrid, Stuart, and the early Beatles. Lots of black, lots of cigarettes.
ugh this book is sneaky because it is about the beatles and i didn't know that!
RIP STU </3
Sentimental ‘slice of life’ story about friends of the Beatles before the superstardom.
RIP STU </3
Sentimental ‘slice of life’ story about friends of the Beatles before the superstardom.
Also, if I had a dollar for every panel in which the characters are smoking, I would have 239433423 dollars.
And that's totally ok, because it's definitely part of the absolute coolness that is "Baby's in Black." I have to admit – when I first started flipping through the book, I was slightly disappointed. When I had read "graphic novel" in the description, I was not expecting the style of art that Bellstorf uses. But that disappointment was quickly dashed away upon my beginning the story.
SO well written. SO SO well written, and all the more interesting because it's true. Like a few others that have reviewed the book, I am not a DIE HARD Beatles fan. I have their hits on my iTunes, I enjoy them occasionally and I appreciate the cultural phenomenon that they were. But this book takes that appreciation to a whole new level.
I don't want to give away plot details, but suffice it to say that this book delivers from start to end. I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good story.
And that's totally ok, because it's definitely part of the absolute coolness that is "Baby's in Black." I have to admit – when I first started flipping through the book, I was slightly disappointed. When I had read "graphic novel" in the description, I was not expecting the style of art that Bellstorf uses. But that disappointment was quickly dashed away upon my beginning the story.
SO well written. SO SO well written, and all the more interesting because it's true. Like a few others that have reviewed the book, I am not a DIE HARD Beatles fan. I have their hits on my iTunes, I enjoy them occasionally and I appreciate the cultural phenomenon that they were. But this book takes that appreciation to a whole new level.
I don't want to give away plot details, but suffice it to say that this book delivers from start to end. I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good story.
Great - the story was small and lovely and romantic. And then THE SADNESS! Wah!!
sweet love story of original indies and the 1960s hamburg scene. I liked the tenderness and creative passion. sometimes it was abit hard to tell the blokes apart but other than that the art was lovely.