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Love Me Please

The Story of Janis Joplin
By Nicolas Finet
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Love Me Please is a vivid graphic biography tracing the remarkable life of rock icon Janis Joplin, from her post-WWII childhood to her untimely death in 1970. It captures her rapid rise from a troubled young woman into an emblem of 1960s counterculture and musical innovation. Immersed in the spirit of the Beat Generation and San Francisco's vibrant countercultural scene, Janis fearlessly embraced freedom, challenging societal taboos around bisexuality, substance use, and excess, becoming a lasting symbol of alternative lifestyles and raw artistic expression.
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This graphic novel will appeal to readers interested in music history, particularly fans of rock and 1960s counterculture. It suits those who appreciate biographical stories in comic form and are drawn to complex, iconic personalities marked by rebellion and artistic passion.

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Love Me Please is a biography in comics of the amazing rock singer Janis Joplin, which recalls, respecting the chronology, the highlights of her journey from childhood, after the Second World War, to her abrupt death in late 1970.

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A lively, fascinating story of one of the greatest stars of Rock, who was way ahead of her time.

Love Me Please is a biography in comics of the amazing rock singer Janis Joplin, highlighting her journey from childhood after the Second World War to her abrupt death in late 1970. It unfolds one of the most fabulous musical adventures in America during the second half of the twentieth century, yet it lasted only five years.

How did a very young, messed-up woman, a drug addict filled with doubt, become a planetary icon of rock music in just a few years? Thanks to a worldwide movement of emancipation that would long consecrate the ideals and modes of alternative lifestyles—from counterculture to the flower power generation—Janis, the ugly duckling, gave free rein to her impulses.

Fed by the thirst for freedom of the Beat Generation and the desire for emancipation expressed by American youth in the early 1960s, Janis Joplin left for San Francisco, the epicentre of cultural innovation. There, she abandoned herself to all impulses, overcoming without hesitation all the taboos of the time: bisexuality, alcohol, and drugs. She did so not only with delight but also with a taste for excess that came naturally from her spontaneous character.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781681122762

Publisher: Ablaze, LLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 December 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: NBM Publishing Company

Illustration: 160 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Degreff
  • Illustrated by Christopher

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 160

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Fiction Graphic Novels LGBTQ+ Nicolas Finet

About the Author

Christopher: author, illustrator, and journalist for a quarter of a century. This Anglo-Marseille native combines his passion for music in general, and rock in particular with comics with such comics work as adapting Bob Dylan and his latest work The Long And Winding Road, with artist Ruben Pellejero, a critically acclaimed 'road-comic.' In 2019, he co-authored Forever Woodstock with Nicolas Finet as well.

Nicolas Finet, author, publisher, filmmaker, journalist, curator, speaker, and translator, has worked in comics for more than three decades. He is the author of more than half a dozen reference works on it. In music, he has just made a documentary on the blues and comics, Mississippi Ramblin, devoted to bluesman Robert Johnson. He is the writer, also with Christopher, of Forever Woodstock.

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