Love In Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938, The Graphic Novel (2014)

by J. M. Dupont (Writer), Mezzo (Illustrator), Mezzo (Illustrator)

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'A beautiful retelling ... which captures the great man's spirit.' UNCUT From 'Crossroads Blues' to 'Sweet Home Chicago', 'Hellhound on My Trail' to 'Come On In My Kitchen', Robert Johnson wrote some of the most enduring and formative songs of the original blues era, songs that would go on to help shape the birth of rock'n'roll in the 1960s. Beloved of Clapton, Dylan and the Stones, Robert Johnson remains one of the most iconic and mythologised figures in popular music (and the first of many to die at the age of 27). Exploring the stories and legends that surround his life and death - his childhood, his womanising, his pact with the devil at the crossroads - Mezzo and DuPont have produced a fittingly creative and beautiful depiction of this most extraordinary life.… (more)

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> MEZZO ET DUPONT SUR LES TRACES DE ROBERT JOHNSON. — Eclairs graphiques en noir et blanc, hyperréalisme vif et captivant... Jean-Michel Dupont et Mezzo offre à la légende du blues américain Robert Johnson un vibrant “biopic” en BD, “Love in Vain”.
Tous deux sont de grands amateurs de blues, dont ils goûtent la simplicité et l'intensité. Jean-Michel Dupont et Mezzo (dessinateur notamment du Roi des mouches, avec Michel Pirus) se sont attaqués à l'icône Robert Johnson. Un bluesman mystérieux mort à l'âge de 27 ans, dont on ne connaît que deux photos – et de nombreuses légendes. Choisissant d'en faire un homme faillible, plutôt qu'un génie météorique, les auteurs en tracent dans Love in vain un portrait fouillé, sensible, empathique sans être hagiographique. (Laurence LE SAUX)
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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Dupont, J. M.	Writer	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Mezzo	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
Mezzo	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed
Hahnenberger, Ivanka	Translator	main author	some editions	confirmed
Cohn, Lawrence	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Hazelhurst, Mississippi, USA

Helena, Arkansas, USA

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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for Nicole, for Véronique

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Poor Robert, your life ended in tragedy
Which the angels must consider well deserved
But before judgement is served,
They need to understand your choice
To be a sinner with a demonic voice
And why you burned your life to Hell,
This is the tale I'm here to tell.

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'A beautiful retelling ... which captures the great man's spirit.' UNCUT From 'Crossroads Blues' to 'Sweet Home Chicago', 'Hellhound on My Trail' to 'Come On In My Kitchen', Robert Johnson wrote some of the most enduring and formative songs of the original blues era, songs that would go on to help shape the birth of rock'n'roll in the 1960s. Beloved of Clapton, Dylan and the Stones, Robert Johnson remains one of the most iconic and mythologised figures in popular music (and the first of many to die at the age of 27). Exploring the stories and legends that surround his life and death - his childhood, his womanising, his pact with the devil at the crossroads - Mezzo and DuPont have produced a fittingly creative and beautiful depiction of this most extraordinary life.

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