Eric is a story of Americana and the horrific implications of what lies beneath its pop and artifice. A celebrated musician in the '60s and '70s psychedelic pop scene, Eric has become a drug-addled relic grappling with his irrelevance. Following a live TV debacle while promoting his greatest hits album, Eric plunges into a terrifying conspiracy spanning multiple realities, and takes a dark, surreal journey into the underbelly of American pop culture.
Eric is the first graphic novel released by writer and illustrator Tom Manning since his critically acclaimed graphic novel Runoff .
The book is quite a ride, delving deep into richly detailed genres, worlds, characters, mythologies, only to veer into another one, and then pick up pieces from some of what's left behind. I wish it made sense (to me) and that there was a clearer resolution. But I did really enjoy the trip. Great writing, and lovely illustration.
Mind-bending, starkly illustrated, fascinating tale of Eric, a weird, beloved and aging musician who is thrust into another dimension as its unlikely hero.