Pearl Jam founding guitarist Mike McCready is teaming up with Z2 comics to release a new graphic novel, Farewell to Seasons. It was written with Mark Sable and illustrated by Sebastián Piriz, with cover art by Kikuo Johnson. Here’s the synposis:
McCready’s story captures the drive and sense of community that forged the powerful backbone of the Seattle music scene of the 1980s, as their world changed forever with the explosion of grunge in the ‘90s. Farewell to Seasons unflinchingly shows the brutal cost it had for so many artists and musicians as it captures the lived experience of that seminal era. The glory and the heartbreak as it asks the unanswerable question… was it worth it?
“It’s a story I’ve been developing for many years, inspired by the creativity, community, and chaos of the Seattle music scene,” McCready says. “Farewell to Seasons is a historical fantasy set in that world, and alongside the graphic novel there will also be a ‘lost’ rock opera connected to the story, featuring original music written from the perspective of David Williams, one of the main characters. I’ve had a great time bringing this project to life with Z2, and I hope people enjoy the journey as much as I did creating it.”
“Having been in the heart of the NW music scene as a journalist in the 1990s, I’ve wanted for years to work on a project that would reflect what it was actually like for the musicians and the fans when ‘the world came to Seattle.,'” Z2 Editor in Chief Rantz A. Hoseley says. “I can say, without any hyperbole or exaggeration, that I feel like my entire creative life has led to me being involved with this book, and I feel so blessed to be a part of bringing Mike’s beautiful and poignant story to the world.”
The rock opera comes with deluxe editions of the graphic novel, and we have a version with an exclusive “Poltergeist” vinyl variant available for pre-order in the BV shop.
