The boxes of the ninth art will resonate with the unforgettable sound of the Doors. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album Morrison hote l (1970) with great pomp , Leah Moore, the daughter of screenwriter Alan Moore ( Watchmen ), plans to mark the event by devoting a comic strip to it. Produced in collaboration with surviving members Robby Krieger and John Densmore, the book will be released this fall in the United States and will be illustrated by several designers.
Entitled soberly Morrison Hotel , the graphic novel returns to the construction of the myth of the Doors, which led them " to the status of architects of the counter-culture, influencing artists, poets around the world, in the context of the end of the free spirit of the 1960s and 1970s "specifies the publisher's site, Z2 comics.
Chris Hunt album cover
The cover is inspired by the cover of the disc. Z2 comics
“ A decade in which women, African-Americans, Amerindians, gays and lesbians continued their struggle for equality. Without forgetting the demonstrations against the Vietnam War, ”adds the editor. A sulphurous context in which the disc was created which sets the scene for the comic strip.
The cover of the album DR
The group's fifth and penultimate album, Morrison Hotel, a blues-tinged album known primarily for its opening track Roadhouse blues, marked Jim Morrison's return to composition. The album title comes from a real Los Angeles hotel in which the members of the group were photographed to illustrate the cover.