Prince Stars in Comic Book

By Maryann Yin 

Prince Comic (GalleyCat)Storm Entertainment has published a biographical comic book profiling Prince. The late musician, who passed on in April 2016, stars in the newest installment of the Tribute series.

Michael Frizell worked on writing the story. Ernesto Lovera and Vincenzo Sansone collaborated on the interior artwork.

Frizell gave this statement in the press release: “I first became aware of Prince‘s music when I was in high school thanks to ‘1999,’ ‘Little Red Corvette,’ and others. I remember listening to his stuff almost religiously when the soundtrack to ‘Purple Rain’ hit. His sound and lyrics defined the era for me in ways that Michael Jackson didn’t and, quite frankly, couldn’t. The subjects of his songs spoke to me in ways I didn’t understand until I was older, but the dark poetry of them compelled me to keep listening. To this day, my iPod is full of his work, and I listen to it as I write.”