Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind

by Bruce Dickinson, Rantz Hoseley (illustrator), Rod Smallwood

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

120 pages, Hardcover

Published November 28, 2023

About the author

Paul Bruce Dickinson is a British singer, airline pilot, radio show host, DJ, Historian, television presenter, fencer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. According to Allmusic, Dickinson "was the most acclaimed and instantly recognizable vocalist to emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement of the early-'80s".

Reviews

[Димитър Цолов · Rating 4 out of 5]

Замисълът и книжно оформление на изданието са разкошни – голям формат, гланцирани страници, изобщо - наслада за пръстите и очите; уви съдържанието, заключено в лъскавата опаковка не успя да ме спечели безрезервно. Деветте кратки комикс истории, вдъхновени от песните в албума на Мейдън не бяха нищо особено, нито като сценарий, нито като арт… 3,5/5

[Stefan Stanchev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Леко съм разочарован от комиксите - много картинки, малко текст. Иначе концептуално е чудесно.

[Madhamish]

Nice idea to put into visual stories the songs from a legendary heavy metal album - told and drawn by different artists. Great work on the release - hard covers, neat print of the artwork, heavy paper. My only note is - Bulgarian translation doesn't stand to the level of the edition itself. Not bad but with obvious mistakes and a bit clumsy here and there. No big reason to complain though.

[Aaron Advani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great interpretations of a classic album

[Thorbjorn Helstrom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great read. Information about the album and band, plus some terrific short stories, I'm a sucker for anthologies. My personal favourite was Still Life, a real Lovecraft vibe.

[Dinga05 · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice tribute to the classic album. It was cool to see these songs brought alive in visual and story form. I also really enjoyed reading the comments from various people / celebrities about how much Maiden meant to them. Some of the stories were weaker than others but overall it was a good read and I will probably re-read again in the future.

[Ljubomir · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lovely way to celebrate the album's anniversary. This ultrashort story form is not easy to pull off though, and the comics are a hit-or-miss.

The one that stands out for me the most is "The Flight of Icarus", which is an interesting take on the otherwise familiar story, and is wonderfully illustrated.

"To Tame a Land" also has lovely art, and in a case of perhaps unintended synchronicity uses the circle of life-theme just like "Sun and steel" (which is also good), but serving as an antithesis to the latter's bleaker outlook.

"The Trooper" also uses a story frame that goes in circles, and for me it was more memorable than the other two military-themes ones, so I suppose this approach feels natural and suitable for condensed stories like these.

"Still Life" is well crafted, but it's not the first cosmic horror story about a painter, and not even the first one in comic format, so it's not exactly original.

"Revelations" is a cool mythical origin story of Aleister Crowley, and is also very appealingly illustrated.

[Trae Stratton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good stories tied to the songs. Probably more fun for fans.