All Tomorrow's Parties: A Velvet Underground Graphic Novel by Koren Shadmi

Graphic Policy Radio

The Velvet Underground didn’t sell many records at first but everyone who bought one went out and started a band*-- and now YOU can read a graphic novel about the Velvets! I interview cartoonist Koren Shadmi about his new graphic novel, All Tomorrow's Parties: The Velvet Underground Story. His book is about the formation and dissolution of one of our favorite bands, and one of the most important rock bands of all time. Eisner-nominated Koren Shadmi joins me to talk about The Velvet Underground's importance, why we love them and his process in making this new work of music history in comics form. Koren Shadmi is an American-Israeli, Award-winning illustrator and cartoonist. He studied illustration at The School of Visual Arts in New York where he now teaches. His books have been published internationally and include The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television, and most recently Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula. All Tomorrow's Parties is published by Humanoids https://www.humanoids.com/y_catalog/book/id/1359 *I am paraphrasing the great Brian Eno on this. https://www.korenshadmi.com/