He’s a genius, the voice of a generation, a connoisseur of fishsticks, a motherlovin’ lyrical wordsmith!
And now, Destiny herself has opened her doors to Kanye — and by that, I mean he is getting his own graphic novel. Via Midtown Comics, under the Independent section of their Graphic Novels:
THROUGH THE WIRE is a graphic memoir that illustrates the lyrics of twelve Kanye West songs to tell his story, from his decision to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music, through his days spent folding chinos at the Gap while struggling at night to make a name as a producer, through the pivotal car accident that eventually set him on the course to stardom and the epiphany of realizing exactly who he had become.
The graphic novel, published by Simon and Schuster and drawn by Bill Plympton (yeah, I don’t know how he got involved with this, either), will be out later this week. It can’t be much more awkward than the ending of this. Or possibly this.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Drawn by Bill Plympton? How did that happen?
November 9th, 2009 at 10:48 am
bill plypmton directed/animtaed one of knaye’s video’s. i’m not sure for what song as i am not a knaye fan but admittedly the video itself (obviously) looked cool.
November 9th, 2009 at 10:51 am
kanye does have a knack for getting a list talent to work with him. spike jonze directed his latest video.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Jason:
That would be the video for “Heard ‘Em Say”
November 9th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
This news makes me sad in my brainparts.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:20 am
There is a bright side — if you want one and you’re patient, I guarantee this will be in the bargain/remainder bin at Borders/B&N within six months.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
There is a bright side — if you want one and you’re patient, I guarantee this will be in the bargain/remainder bin at Borders/B&N within six months.