New Wave and punk pioneers Blondie are set to appear in their own graphic novel.
Blondie: Against the Odds is touted as an imaginative take on an oral history of the band, interspersed with artistic interpretations of 10 songs from their catalog, BLONDIE: AGAINST THE ODDS captures the friction of NYC as the band fought their way to prominence, as well as the power and energy contained within the songs that fueled their rise to legendary status.
One would assume the songs will be X-Offender (76) Fade Away And Radiate (78) Hanging On The Telephone (78) One Way or Another (78) Heart of Glass (78) Dreaming (79) Atomic (79) Call Me (80) Rapture (80) Island of Lost Souls (82) based on the post cards included in the super deluxe version - details below
Blondie: Against the Odds was written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, who are credited with bringing Harley Quinn back to prominence with their 2013 DC Comics series.
It will be available this fall via Z2 Comics (preorders available here) as a: standard soft cover, standard hard cover, a deluxe edition (with limited edition silver ink cover by Amanda Conner [180 pages], a slipcase designed by Jason "Stuntkid" Levesque, an exclusive Blondie 12" Vinyl and (3) exclusive Blondie song-inspired art prints) and a super deluxe version that includes an oversized hard cover edition of the graphic novel with limited edition silver ink cover by Amanda Conner [180 pages], the Jason "Stuntkid" Levesque slipcase, a Blondie music bundle (to be announced), a set of (10) exclusive Blondie song-inspired art prints and a set of ten art prints and postcards e inspired by the following classic Blondie songs: X-Offender (76) Fade Away And Radiate (78) Hanging On The Telephone (78) One Way or Another (78) Heart of Glass (78) Dreaming (79) Atomic (79) Call Me (80) Rapture (80) Island of Lost Souls (82)
