The Beatles in Comic Strips

About this book

Over 200 rare and unseen cartoon strips dedicated to the Beatles A collection of some two hundred cartoon strips dedicated to the Beatles many of which are extremely rare and now inaccessible. Forty years after their break up the Beatles remain the biggest phenomenon of music and mass culture in the world of entertainment. The book for the first time investigates and documents the interest that cartoonists publishers and enthusiasts have shown in their special relationship with the universe of comic stripsa rich and variegated relationship with thousands of publications in every part of the world and a production that continues to the present day. In some stories the Beatles are the protagonists in others they make cameo appearances while others feature their lyrics transformed into comic strips. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Fab Fours first single (Love Me Do) the book celebrates the band with a festive fun and original product conveying a dimension that does not age transmitting the legend that endures through the years and changing fashions.