Mariusz Ogieglo reviewed 'Elvis, Hero of the Comic Books' for Elvis Radio 24h in an article titled 'The Elvis Presley Phenomenon'.
”I read comic books and I was a comic book hero,” Elvis said at the 1970 Ten Most Outstanding Young Americans awards ceremony.
Almost overnight, this previously unknown truck driver became a symbol of massive changes. A man whom millions of his fans began to follow. A man who began to dictate new trends not only in music but also in the way of dressing and stage behavior. He was the first artist to be censored by television. The first singer in history to play an unplugged concert and finally the first singer to play a satellite concert broadcast around the world.
Elvis has become a cultural phenomenon and there is probably no field of art in which you cannot find references to him or his work. Over the years, Presley has been inspired (and made the hero of their works) not only by other musicians, but also by painters, sculptors, writers, poets and even comic book creators!
And it is the latter that is the subject of Nigel Patterson’s latest book, 'Elvis. Hero Of The Comic Books'.
The author, currently the administrator of the popular Australian website Elvis Information Network, in his extensive, 450-page volume (the size of an FTD book) collected and carefully described over four hundred titles of comics and graphic publications (the oldest from over seventy years ago), which, in less or more indirectly, they make Elvis Presley their hero.
The reader will find everything here, both illustrated biographies of the singer and fictional stories in which Elvis (or his caricature) appears. “Overall, I wanted to appreciate an aspect of Elvis’s career and influence that has not yet been well documented,” said the author in an interview with Kees Mouwen of Elvis Day By Day blog. The latter was also responsible for the graphic part of the book, which is truly impressive! It is worth mentioning that as many as six hundred photographs and various types of graphics were used in the publication!
I highly recommend this book!
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Interview
Read the complete interview with >>> Nigel Patterson for more background and previews of this book.
Where to Buy the Book
If you like what Mariusz wrote, here is how to get the book. The hardback (8 x 10 inches) edition is available from the >>> Blurb webshop and the softcover edition is available on Amazon sites like >>> Amazon U.S. and >>> Amazon Germany (associate links).
Australian based fans interested in a signed copy of the softcover can contact Nigel Patterson at: smorgasboard777@gmail.com for a special price offer.