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Sound & Fury: The Graphic Novel
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury The Graphic Novel
- GenresGraphic NovelsComics
144 pages, Paperback
First published March 16, 2021
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,357 books1,676 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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July 18, 2021
A great precursor to the Netflix show. Enjoyed a lot
August 3, 2022
While I realize that Z2 Comics specializes in either music biographies, or graphic novels written and /or inspired by musical performers, I had to scratch my head in confusion after looking at the credits for this one: musician Sturgill Simpson, Jumpei Mizusaki, and Jason Aaron? Nine chapters featuring various artists including Takashi Okazaki, Vasilis Lolos, Rufus Dayglo, Rosi Kampe, and Deathburger?
Seemed like a receipt for a hot mess, but it actually holds together quite well and is enjoyable as pure action adventure, like a B-movie guilty pleasure.
Only after doing a little research did I realize this is a type of sequel/prequel to other works. Alt-country musician Sturgill Simpson put out a hard rock album, SOUND AND FURY, in 2019 - which morphed into a 75-minute anime movie on Netflix inspired by and featuring his songs. This work expands on that, and perhaps puts things into better perspective. Not sure, as I haven't checked out the music or anime yet (but I will).
At it's heart, this is a basic revenge tale against a corrupt mega-corporation, The Thousand Likes Corporation (kind of like Facebook/Amazon) featuring a killer car race like DEATHRACE 2000 and MAD MAX, with a young rebellious female samurai trained by some kooky martial artists (the Sound and Fury brothers) and getting back at her cousins and uncles in the corporation who tore her family apart. And, it's not over at the last page. To be continued. Not sure I'll keep going, but this was a bit of fun.
Seemed like a receipt for a hot mess, but it actually holds together quite well and is enjoyable as pure action adventure, like a B-movie guilty pleasure.
Only after doing a little research did I realize this is a type of sequel/prequel to other works. Alt-country musician Sturgill Simpson put out a hard rock album, SOUND AND FURY, in 2019 - which morphed into a 75-minute anime movie on Netflix inspired by and featuring his songs. This work expands on that, and perhaps puts things into better perspective. Not sure, as I haven't checked out the music or anime yet (but I will).
At it's heart, this is a basic revenge tale against a corrupt mega-corporation, The Thousand Likes Corporation (kind of like Facebook/Amazon) featuring a killer car race like DEATHRACE 2000 and MAD MAX, with a young rebellious female samurai trained by some kooky martial artists (the Sound and Fury brothers) and getting back at her cousins and uncles in the corporation who tore her family apart. And, it's not over at the last page. To be continued. Not sure I'll keep going, but this was a bit of fun.
January 15, 2021
This is the prequel to the storyline of 2019's Netflix anime movie Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound and Fury. It explains in an interesting and unpredictable manner some of the most important questions left unanswered by the movie. Beautiful detailed color panels by 4 different artists throughout, my only complaint is how quickly this is finished after anticipating its release for a year.
If you are not familiar with Sound and Fury the movie or Sturgill Simpson's music, I would recommend listening to the Grammy nominated Rock album first, because once you watch the movie, which serves as an album-long video to the record, it is difficult to dissasociate the independent message of the songs from the movie images. Then watch the Netflix movie and finally the graphic novel to provide some background.
If you are not familiar with Sound and Fury the movie or Sturgill Simpson's music, I would recommend listening to the Grammy nominated Rock album first, because once you watch the movie, which serves as an album-long video to the record, it is difficult to dissasociate the independent message of the songs from the movie images. Then watch the Netflix movie and finally the graphic novel to provide some background.
July 16, 2021
Totally worth checking out along with the album/film (search Netflix > Sound & Fury). I read this (prequel) before watching the film and I'd recommend doing it that way, as it could give you a chance to get more enjoyment from the references in the film.
Some very cool death race elements, social media humor, and tech-giant despotism.
The Twisted Metal franchise should really take a good long look at what's going on here.
This work was all over the board for me, some highs and lows. I was pretty much settled on a 3 star rating.
But it grows on me the more I think about it. The universe is rad. The characters are rad. The art is most of the time pretty awesome.
And after listening to Sturgill's album and watching the film accompaniment, the book as a piece of the whole is much more enjoyable.
Some very cool death race elements, social media humor, and tech-giant despotism.
The Twisted Metal franchise should really take a good long look at what's going on here.
This work was all over the board for me, some highs and lows. I was pretty much settled on a 3 star rating.
But it grows on me the more I think about it. The universe is rad. The characters are rad. The art is most of the time pretty awesome.
And after listening to Sturgill's album and watching the film accompaniment, the book as a piece of the whole is much more enjoyable.
January 6, 2024
I'm a big fan of Sturgill Simpson's Sound & Fury LP so this graphic novel intrigued me. It's a good prequel to the Sound & Fury anime that accompanied the LP, and like the anime it jumps around a bit and the artist changes with each chapter. It's a lot like Fist Of The Northstar early manga - some of the art is intentionally confusing (I've always had a secret suspicion that when you can't 'read' a panel very well its because the artist is hiding their lack of skill behind lots of speed lines and a riot of scribble) and for me this detracts from the overall story: it's mad, meant to be, but it's also chaotic to look at.
September 20, 2025
I picked this up randomly because I recognized the writers names. Needless to say this was not good as a stand alone story. Maybe as a fan of whatever this comic is accompanied too would make it better, however writing is writing, you either did it well or ya didn’t. This was not written well, and the story boards were even worse then the writing.
2.7 ✨
2.7 ✨
March 27, 2022
Picked this book up because I liked the writer. Started off totally lost. I had no idea this was a backstory for a larger story. Kind of a Mad Max meets Running Man kinda feel to it. Interesting at points but as a whole didn’t do much for me.
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