Jimi Hendrix: Electric Requiem Review: Better Than Any Music Biopic
Once upon a time, Jimi Hendrix captured the imaginations of millions across the world when he innovated the art of guitar-playing and, by proxy, rock 'n' roll, so it seems only fitting for Ablaze Publishing to release a graphic novel that seeks to capture the late rocker's own imagination via Jimi Hendrix: Electric Requiem. Jimi Hendrix passed away suddenly in 1970 at the peak of his career. Interestingly enough, save for Jimi Hendrix: All By My Side starring Outkast's Andre 3000 in the title role, very few mediums have tried to capture his life in biopic form in the time since his death.
With that said, it is most interesting to see his life captured in graphic novel form, as the comic book medium as a whole seldom takes up the challenge to capture someone's life within 200 pages of ink and thought bubbles. However, the impressive creative staff behind this Jimi Hendrix work of fiction met their ambitious goal.
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The graphic novel's visuals evoke the lyrics of Hendrix's best songs. It's hard not to see images like that of a mountain high castle crumbling into sand before Hendrix's feet and not think of «Castles Made of Sand» or even «Spanish Castle Magic.» Such bizarre visions were frequent elements in Jimi Hendrix's lyrics, so in this graphic novel, it doesn't feel out of place to see them duplicated under the guise of a child-like imagination or of an adult man's psychedelic trip.
In the same breath, such fantastical elements are instrumental in telling Hendrix's emotional journey and the immense pressures he put himself under. The moment in which Jimi Hendrix first lays his eyes on a guitar is treated as if it's a spiritual awakening. «Something dark
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