TO SKIP TO THE FIFTH BEATLE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK WITH LINER NOTES, CLICK HERE <LINK TO http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2416/rhythm-life-unties-me-fifth-beatle-soundtrack-part> In honor of today’s release of The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story <LINK TO DH BOOK PAGE> in an Expanded Edition paperback, I’m excited to also release The Fifth Beatle Expanded Edition Soundtrack <LINK TO PLAYLIST>—including one extra hour’s worth of additional tracks! Here you’ll find more score to the graphic novel, a further reveal of music cues in the forthcoming Fifth Beatle TV event series, more songs from the era to set Brian’s story in historical context, and songs that inspired the creation of the...
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The Fifth Beatle recounts the untold story of visionary Beatles manager Brian Epstein—who created Beatlemania and guided the band from basement gigs to unprecedented international stardom. This new softcover edition includes a revised sketchbook and Beatles memorabilia bonus section with behind-the-scenes insights from writer Vivek Tiwary and artists Andrew Robinson and Kyle Baker—expanded to include ten pages unique to this edition! We're giving ten fans a unique opportunity to win the book and author Vivek J. Tiwary has kindly offered to personalize and sign them! Thank you to all who participated! This contest is now closed and the winners have been contacted. To learn more about The Fifth Beatle: The...
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TO SKIP TO SIDE 1 LINER NOTES, CLICK HERE <LINK TO http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2416/rhythm-life-unties-me-fifth-beatle-soundtrack-part> TO SKIP TO SIDE 2 LINER NOTES, CLICK HERE <JUMP LINK TO “SIDE 2—LINER NOTES BY VIVEK J. TIWARY “ BELOW> Whenever I write, I imagine a specific soundtrack playing over my pages. I’ll occasionally even write song notes right into my comics scripts, as inspiration for the artists. Many artists work with music playing in the background—so why not suggest specific music for them to paint to? And since The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story <LINK TO DH PREVIEW PAGE> is itself a music story, I wanted our readers to almost hear the music in artists Andrew C....
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LINER NOTES BY VIVEK J. TIWARY Whenever I write, I imagine a specific soundtrack playing over my pages. I’ll occasionally even write song notes right into my comics scripts, as inspiration for the artists. Many artists work with music playing in the background—so why not suggest specific music for them to paint to? And since The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story is itself a music story, I wanted our readers to almost hear the music in artists Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker’s artwork. I wanted The Fifth Beatle art to sing. Now I’m hard at work writing television scripts for The Fifth Beatle, as we turn the book into a TV event series—and my song notes have become actual music cues, directing specific...
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Join Host Vivek J. Tiwary at the Harvey Awards! Harvey Awards Dinner & Award Ceremony Tickets Now on Sale! On Saturday night, September 26th, the comic book industry, including professionals, retailers, and fans, will gather at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore to honor the 2015 Harvey Award Nominees for 2014 comic work and present the Harveys to their recipients. This is an exciting evening, highlighted by our host Vivek J. Tiwary, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group. Harvey Awards tickets are on sale NOW! Tickets to the event, which includes full cocktail hour (cash bar), full service dinner (featuring a...
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Includes Never-Before-Seen Sketches And Essays, Plus Bonus Material From The Sought-After Collector’s Edition Paul McCartney: “If anyone was the fifth Beatle, it was Brian.” This October, Dark Horse Comics invites you to experience the award-winning The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story in a whole new format, as the incredible original graphic novel written / produced by Vivek J. Tiwary with art by Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker, heads to trade paperback for the first time. This edition of the gorgeous, Eisner Award–winning original graphic novel recounting the untold story of visionary Beatles manager Brian Epstein—who engineered Beatlemania and guided the band from basement gigs to unprecedented...
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Last week, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) committee published their much-anticipated 2015 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. Not surprisingly, given the tremendous success of Dark Horse’s 2014 publishing line, the publisher landed four titles on this year’s list, with one making it into the top ten—47 Ronin! This year’s Dark Horse selections are as follows: 47 Ronin. By Mike Richardson. Illus. by Stan Sakai. $19.99 (978159582954). The Japanese legend of the 47 Ronin and their epic mission to avenge their wronged master. Sally Heathcote, Suffragette. By Mary Talbot. Illus. by Kate Charlesworth. $19.99 (9781616555474). Sally Heathcote is drawn into the politics of the women’s suffrage...
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Vivek J. Tiwary’s debut graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, with art by Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker, is the 2013 IndieFab Award Winner for the Foreword Reviews’ 16th Annual Book Of The Year Awards in the Graphic Novels & Comics category. Foreword Reviews, the only review magazine solely dedicated to discovering new indie books, announced the winner on Friday, June 27th at the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference. Each year, Foreword Reviews highlights a small group of indie authors and publishers whose innovative work stands out among the crowd. "I learned to love literature by hanging out in independent bookstores in New York's East Village, and by spending hours in my...
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Twitter friends and fans of THE FIFTH BEATLE! Since its publication in November 2013, The Fifth Beatle has been garnering international media attention - most recently being nominated for two distinguished Eisner Awards! Dark Horse Comics and writer/producer Vivek J. Tiwary have teamed up to bring you a chance to win a gorgeous limited edition of The Fifth Beatle for your book collection! All you have to do to enter is tweet a Beatles themed Haiku using hashtag #5BHaiku to be entered! Dark Horse Comics will choose 3 finalists, writer Vivek J. Tiwary will choose the grand prize winner! The two runners up will receive digital editions through Dark Horse Digital. What is a Haiku? A poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five,...
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Andrew C. Robinson, artist of New York Times #1 Best-Selling graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, has been nominated for the 68th Annual National Cartoonist Society Divisional Reuben Award for “Best Graphic Novel.” The Fifth Beatle, published by Dark Horse, has also garnered recognition as a Lambda Literary Award-nominee for “Best LGBT Graphic Novel” and a ForeWord Review’s 16th Annual “Book of the Year” nomination. The award will be presented during a ceremony at the NCS Annual Reuben Awards Weekend on May 25th in San Diego. "I'm extremely honored and pleased that my stylistic approach to illustrating The Fifth Beatle has been noticed by the National Cartoonists Society. I...
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Vivek J. Tiwary’s debut graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle tops The New York Times bestseller list in its third week of release! The breakout novel sits atop long-established titles such as The Walking Dead and Batman. This news comes on the heels of announcing Peyton Reed (BRING IT ON, THE BREAK-UP) as the director of the film adaptation and the beginning of the casting process for the part of Brian Epstein. Written by multiple Tony Award–winning producer Vivek J. Tiwary (Green Day’s American Idiot, The Addams Family, Mel Brooks’ The Producers) and painted by fanboy favorites Andrew C. Robinson (Dusty Star, King Conan, Starman, Superman) and Kyle Baker (The Shadow, Plastic...
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When we were young we used to say That you only hear the music when your heart begins to break Now we are the kids from yesterday. —My Chemical Romance, lyrics by Gerard Way I held my mother’s hand as cancer severed the last threads of her life. In that moment, her heart stopped beating—and mine broke. And beyond the clicking of IVs administering useless painkillers, and the humming of monitors with nothing left to monitor, I could hear music. In my head, that hospital room was full of music. It was tragic, powerful, and dark, and would redefine my life from that day forward. I thought I’d never be able to walk into New York Hospital again without hearing that music, without feeling that pain in my broken heart....
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The New York Times Bestselling Graphic Novel Will be Adapted for the Screen in 2014 It was announced today that Peyton Reed (BRING IT ON, THE BREAK-UP) has signed on to direct THE FIFTH BEATLE, the film adaptation of the recently released New York Times best-selling graphic novel chronicling the final years of The Beatles’ founder and manager, Brian Epstein. The film is being produced by Academy Award winning producer, Bruce Cohen (AMERICAN BEAUTY, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK) and Tony Award winning producer, Vivek J. Tiwary (“A Raisin in the Sun,” Green Day’s “American Idiot”) who authored the graphic novel. This marks the first ever feature film about The Beatles to secure music rights to their songs...
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After an amazing show of demand for Vivek J. Tiwary’s breakout graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle sailed to number five on the New York Times bestseller list in its first week on sale! Written by multiple Tony Award–winning producer Vivek J. Tiwary (Green Day’s American Idiot, The Addams Family, Mel Brooks’ The Producers) and painted by fanboy favorites Andrew C. Robinson (Dusty Star, King Conan, Starman, Superman) and Kyle Baker (The Shadow, Plastic Man.) The Fifth Beatle is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided the Beatles—from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented...
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Brian Epstein's dreams remembered in 'The Fifth Beatle' Vivek Tiwary chronicles the inspiring professional and personal life of the Fab Four's manager. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY Vivek J. Tiwary is a lifelong Beatles fan, but there's one journey to Liverpool, England, that will be among his most memorable. Tiwary, a Broadway producer, says the Fab Four's manager Brian Epstein was first a business inspiration and later a "historical mentor." So he made the pilgrimage to Epstein's hometown eight years ago as soon as he decided to chronicle his life in the graphic novel The Fifth Beatle. "I went to his gravesite and sat down on the grave and I asked his permission," says Tiwary, who considers the Dark Horse Comics book (out Tuesday) his...
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New York – Today Freedom to Marry announced a partnership with The Fifth Beatle, a graphic novel examining the life of legendary Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Epstein was a brilliant visionary who discovered the Beatles and led them on the path to international stardom even as he struggled with his own sense of belonging: he was gay when it was a felony; he was Jewish during a time of anti-Semitism; and he was from Liverpool, then considered a dingy port town. “Freedom to Marry has long urged that the most effective way to continue winning over hearts and minds is talking about who gay people are, why marriage matters, and the harms inflicted by the denial of the freedom to marry,” said Evan Wolfson, founder...
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The anticipation around The Fifth Beatle continues to grow as Dark Horse announces the involvement of music legends Billy J. Kramer and Andrew Loog Oldham lending their words and support to this remarkable piece of graphic literature chronicling the life of Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein. Billy J. Kramer was managed by Epstein in the 1960’s and had a string of hits including “Do You Want to Know a Secret?”, “Bad to Me”, and “Little Children”; and Andrew Loog Oldham was The Beatles’ publicist in 1963 before he went on to discover, produce and manage The Rolling Stones. Today, Kramer continues to record and release albums, and Oldham is a bestselling author and broadcast...
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“If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian.”—Paul McCartney Ever since its announcement last fall, there has been buzz about THE FIFTH BEATLE. Written by multiple Tony Award–winning producer Vivek J. Tiwary (Green Day’s American Idiot, The Addams Family, Mel Brooks’s The Producers), The Fifth Beatle, chronicling the life of the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, will officially be released on November 19. The Fifth Beatle, from M Press Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics, recounts the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided the Beatles to unprecedented international stardom—yet died painfully lonely at the young age of...
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