Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Volume 1
by Akira Hiramoto
Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson (1)
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Reimaginging of the life of blues musician Robert Johnson.Tags
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A strong, promising opening tells the folk tale of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil, and adds some interesting twists. About 1/3 of the way in, though, the plot derails and doesn't really recover. Much of the time, the panels are confusing and the transitions head-spinning, ignoring the strengths of the comic-book medium (the page-turn as a powerful edit) and cutting between plots randomly. The art is effective during the many psychedelic sequences, and only so-so the rest of the time.
3 stars simply for the art, the story was pretty meh.
3 stars simply for the art, the story was pretty meh.
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The art is great, and rather Western in terms of character design, but unfortunately the story starts to drag on after awhile.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Me and the Devil Blues: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson, Volume 1
- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Robert Johnson; Clyde Barrow; Son House
Classifications
- Genre
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
- LCC
- PN6790 .J34 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 94
- Popularity
- 342,412
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.56)
- Languages
- English, French, Japanese
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
