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Special Introduction to Beşinci Beatle – Brian Epstein’in Hikâyesi (Turkish Edition of The Fifth Beatle, published by Çizgi Düşler 2017) HAVE YOU HEARD? THE WORD IS LOVE By Vivek J. Tiwary “The Beatles are going to be bigger than Elvis!” It was a bold, visionary, and seemingly ludicrous thing for Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein to […]
In August 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein passed away at the age of 32. He spent his entire adult life introducing The Beatles to a global audience and helping them spread their message of love around the world. Yet Brian himself died lonely, never having had a proper boyfriend, and with the colloquially known “Oscar […]
Dark Horse Comics Blog | October 26, 2016 TO SKIP TO THE FIFTH BEATLE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK WITH LINER NOTES, CLICK HERE In honor of today’s release of The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story in an Expanded Edition paperback, I’m excited to also release The Fifth Beatle Expanded Edition Soundtrack —including one extra hour’s worth of additional […]
I’ve long contended that George Martin was the real Fifth Beatle, an honorific bestowed by fans and critics alike. His impact on their music was considerable and it’s about the music, isn’t it? Well, yes and no. It’s also about the mystique, the image, the business, the machinery that transformed the zeitgeist. And that’s where Brian Epstein […]
Dark Horse Comics Blog | October 18, 2016 TO SKIP TO SIDE 1 (TRACKS 1-8) LINER NOTES, CLICK HERE Whenever I write, I imagine a specific soundtrack playing over my pages. I’ll occasionally even write song notes right into my comics scripts, as inspiration for the artists. Many artists work with music playing in the […]
Dark Horse Comics Blog | October 6, 2016 SIDE 1 – LINER NOTES BY VIVEK J. TIWARY Whenever I write, I imagine a specific soundtrack playing over my pages. I’ll occasionally even write song notes right into my comics scripts, as inspiration for the artists. Many artists work with music playing in the background—so why […]
(In Memory of Michael Jackson, who passed away 5 years ago today, we’re reposting this blog written by Vivek J. Tiwary after he heard the news.)
I was shocked when I heard that Michael Jackson had died– partially because he was so young and, to me, his death so unexpected… and partially because I felt much sadder than I thought I would. I didn’t think I cared so much about Michael Jackson anymore.
But in the days that followed, I realized that to pretend I didn’t care about Michael Jackson was like trying to pretend I didn’t care about youth. And I don’t mean my youth– I mean the concept of youth itself.
My labor-of-love graphic novel The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story was recently nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work, and after coming back down to Earth (I learned what it meant to jump for joy — I was airborne!) I realized that I was equally honored by the nomination itself as I was by being a part of the category.
What is culture?
Culture is the beat of Reni’s drums in a song by The Stone Roses.
It’s the brushstroke of Andrew Robinson and Kyle Baker’s paints in a panel of The Fifth Beatle.
April 11, 2014, NEW YORK, NY—By Vivek J. Tiwary
Yesterday afternoon, hours before he would induct Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, my friend Peter Asher warned me that his induction speech would be short by necessity. I suspect Peter thought I’d be disappointed that Brian might not get his full due. And yet last night, Peter gave the most lovely, heartfelt, personal, poignant, and informative speech about Brian Epstein that the mainstream public has heard in years, perhaps since Paul McCartney told the BBC “If anyone was ‘The Fifth Beatle’ it was Brian” (and that was in 1999).
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