In this original graphic novel, Frank Young and David Lasky tell the story of the pioneering American country music group the Carter Family, who recorded between 1927 and 1956. The Carters had a humble beginning as struggling farmers in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and eventually became the first superstar group of country music, making hundreds of recordings and selling millions of records. Many of their hit songs like "Wildwood Flower," "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," and "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" have influenced countless musicians and remain timeless country standards. Complete with a CD of the Carter Family's most loved songs, The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song is not only a unique illustrated biography but a moving account that reveals the family's rise to success, their struggles along the way, and their impact on American country music. Illustrated with exacting detail and written in the southern dialect of the time, the graphic novel tells a dynamic narrative that is pure Americana. It is a story of success and failure; of poverty and wealth; of racism and tolerance; of creativity and business; and the power of music and love.
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David Lasky is an illustrator who has produced a number of critically acclaimed comic books, including a nine page condensation of Joyce's Ulysses, eight issues of Boom Boom Comics, two issues of the award nominated Urban Hipster, the cover and prologue for Yiddishkeit and numerous short comics for celebrated anthologies. Frank Young has been a working writer for twenty years. He's written and edited for newspapers and magazines across America. In collaboration with Justin Green, legendary cartoonist and author of Binky Brown Meets the Virgin Mary, Young produced a series of illustrated musical biographies, Musical Legends, which appeared in Pulse! magazine and released in book form.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
It's haunting and beautiful - just like the music of the Carter Family
17 Oct 2012
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Excellent graphic novel about the career of The Carter Family, maybe THE seminal group of early recorded music in America.
It uses storytelling techniques inspired by the early comic strips to create something that's more fragmented - and truer to life - than a script for a streamlined Hollywood bio-pic would be.
The artwork by David Lasky is quite beautiful. It's clearly somewhat inspired by master cartoonist Robert Crumb's much lauded strips about early blues musicians. But unlike Crumb's short strips this book has the feel and scope of a real novel.
The coloring is beautiful too. Apparently it was mostly done by Frank M. Young - he's the guy who wrote the book - so he's clearly a man of both visual and linguistic talents. It would have been easy to create a faded (and perhaps somewhat boring) retro-look by using mostly low-key brown and yellow colors. But the varied colors used create a variety of moods for the different chapters - yet in the end it all DOES add up to something that looks faded and 'retro' - but not boring at all.
You don't need to be a Carter Family fan to enjoy this book - it tells an engaging and human story. But perhaps it helps if you're interested in American popular culture, or is a fan of some of all the haunting and compelling musical artists that have followed in the trail of the Carters... Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Dylan, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, Bonnie Prince Billy.... or scores of country and folk artists.
This feels like it could have been 'The Graphic Novel of the Year' any year that Chris Ware hadn't released his acclaimed magnum opus "Building Stories". Oh well, this will have to be the more modest and accessible - and maybe less depressing - runner-up.
It uses storytelling techniques inspired by the early comic strips to create something that's more fragmented - and truer to life - than a script for a streamlined Hollywood bio-pic would be.
The artwork by David Lasky is quite beautiful. It's clearly somewhat inspired by master cartoonist Robert Crumb's much lauded strips about early blues musicians. But unlike Crumb's short strips this book has the feel and scope of a real novel.
The coloring is beautiful too. Apparently it was mostly done by Frank M. Young - he's the guy who wrote the book - so he's clearly a man of both visual and linguistic talents. It would have been easy to create a faded (and perhaps somewhat boring) retro-look by using mostly low-key brown and yellow colors. But the varied colors used create a variety of moods for the different chapters - yet in the end it all DOES add up to something that looks faded and 'retro' - but not boring at all.
You don't need to be a Carter Family fan to enjoy this book - it tells an engaging and human story. But perhaps it helps if you're interested in American popular culture, or is a fan of some of all the haunting and compelling musical artists that have followed in the trail of the Carters... Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Dylan, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Nick Cave, Bonnie Prince Billy.... or scores of country and folk artists.
This feels like it could have been 'The Graphic Novel of the Year' any year that Chris Ware hadn't released his acclaimed magnum opus "Building Stories". Oh well, this will have to be the more modest and accessible - and maybe less depressing - runner-up.
By Donna Rose
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The story of the Carter Family is well known to Country music enthusiasts but this book presents it in a vivid and interesting way. The Cd with the book contains versions of songs which are not widely available.
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If you are interested in the Carter Family, these early pioneers in country music yu must read this. With text and exelent drawings it take us through the history and life of the family. It comes with a CD with a sample of their recordings.
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