Music
is part of our daily lives in some way or another, whether it’s working out,
relaxing, or getting work done. Being able to learn the story behind our
favorite songs or artists tends to gives their music more meaning. Next month
IDW presents 2 books that give a behind the scenes of a popular music video and
the life of a unique rock band. Pearl Jam: Art of Do the Evolution a behind the
scenes look one of their most creative music videos and Redbone: The True Story
of A Native American Rock Band.
Twenty-two
years after legendary rock band Pearl Jam debuted their Grammy Award-nominated
“Do The Evolution” music video, its hypnotic and shocking imagery is perhaps
even more relevant to social and environmental issues than during the band’s
1998 Yield tour. For those that have watched the Guardians of the Galaxy movie or remember the opening theme for F is for Family on Netflix will want to know the story of the
band Redbone a story of cultural, political, and social importance.
Directed
by comics legend Todd McFarlane (Spawn) and veteran animator Kevin Altieri
(Batman: The Animated Series), this achievement in animation told a graphic and
dark history of the world in four gripping minutes and is widely considered one
of the best music videos of all time.
Pearl
Jam: Art of Do The Evolution is a 200-page, full-color hardcover revealing the
full story behind the creation of this historic video. Lushly illustrated by
the video's striking animation cells with never before seen storyboards and
designs from the video, the video's co-producer, Joe Pearson, will guide
readers through the fascinating process of bringing the band's vision to life
in this one-of-a-kind art book. Todd McFarlane, in the book’s introduction,
describes the Do The Evolution music video as “the history of mankind in as condensed
a version as you will ever see. In this book, you’ll see and read about some of
the process of how we pulled off such a Herculean task. It’s filled with so
many wonderful examples of how dozens of creative people come together to put
together what would soon become a Grammy-nominated video.”
"Being able to produce this seminal animated video at my studio for Pearl Jam and to work with super talents like Eddie Vedder, Todd McFarlane, and Kevin Altieri was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And then to see the positive and continuing worldwide reaction of millions of fans to our group effort was the icing on this dense cake of edgy music and animation.” –Pearson
The
Art of Do The Evolution hardcover is essential reading for new and longtime
Pearl Jam devotees, animation and graphic design fans who recognize "Do
the Evolution" as a high point in the field, and anyone with an acute
interest in music video history.
Redbone:
The True Story of a Native American Rock Band is an intriguing, historically
accurate telling of the high-flying career of rock ‘n’ roll pioneers and
talented brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas, as they influenced The Doors, jammed
with Jimmy Hendrix before he was “Jimi,” and took the 1960s Sunset Strip by
storm.
“This graphic novel collaboration between Redbone co-founder Pat Vegas with authors Christian Staebler and Sonia Paoloni makes for an inspired telling of the group's storied origins, itself serving as a window into a riveting and often obscured history of Native American civil rights past and present.” -Editor Justin Eisinger
Written
by Christian Staebler and Sonia Paoloni in cooperation of the Vegas family and
illustrated by Thibault Balahy, Redbone uncovers key pieces of American history
and the powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement, from the
creation of the first rock ‘n’ roll band made up of all Native Americans, to
the incorporation of tribal beats into chart-topping rock music and popular
culture, to the members of the band taking a stand for their ancestry over
continued commercial reward.
“I’d like to thank this book’s creators for such a fantastic piece of work. It’s an honor for me to be depicted in a comic and to have my story told.” -Writer, vocalist, bass guitarist, producer, and Redbone co-founder Pat Vegas.
Timed
with the English Language release in October, IDW welcomes the Redbone graphic
novel into the company’s comprehensive Spanish Language publishing initiative
with the release of Redbone: la Verdadera Historia de una Banda de Rock Nativa
Americana, expanding the accessibility of this culturally and politically
important story to Spanish-speaking communities throughout the United States,
Mexico, and Canada.
Pearl Jam: Art of Do The Evolution and Redbone: The True Story of A Native American Rock Band are now available for pre-order via online booksellers and comic book
specialty retailers. Set for release in October 2020.
