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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Paul McCartney: Carry That Weight Review





Paul McCartney: Carry That Weight
writer- Richard Elms
artist- Orlando Maro

Beatlemaniacs everywhere will definitely want to pick up one of Bluewater Comics' new biography books. Paul McCartney: Carry That Weight is a very personal and emotional look at the band's first and final days, all from Paul McCartney's perspective.
If you're a Beatles fan, it's easy to listen to their music and chart the evolution of the band. Reading Carry That Weight, you'll be able to see the evolution of Paul McCartney as a songwriter, a family man, and a friend, and you'll discover how each of those things influenced his decision to leave the band.
Orlando Maro's art is good. Paul's sleepy lids and John's thoughtful eyes peering through those circular glasses take me back to my childhood watching the movie, Yellow Submarine. Of course the art is quite different here, but Maro does something that the film did, where he illustrates just enough and still manages to bring out the incredible likeness of each of the characters. There's a fine detail in his simplicity, too, that never fails to express the thoughts and emotions of the characters he draws.
Richard Elms' writing touches a chord in me, as well. I'm as much a Beatles fan as the next guy, and I've always felt a sadness regarding the band's break-up and the weird animosity the bandmates had for each other following the split. Elms hones in on that sadness and respectfully sheds some light on Paul's thoughts and feelings during that time. With flashbacks that recall Paul's father meeting the band and the excitement of the applause at one of their first gigs, it's easy for readers to get caught up in the scale of what the Beatles eventually became. It is also easy to get emotionally caught up in the letdown of the break-up.
Pick up Bluewater's Paul McCartney: Carry That Weight. The book is being sold exclusively at Comic Fea Market, with both standard and alternate cover versions, and don't forget to tell them who sent you.




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