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Graphic novel johnny cash7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Berlin-based artist has fun with this concept in his well-researched biography of the late country star, segueing into pen-and-ink depictions of Cash hits like “Big River,” “Cocaine Blues,” and “A Boy Named Sue” (which unbeknownst to me was penned by Shel Silverstein). ![]() Get it? I shot a man in Reno / Just to watch him die. In the scene’s final panel, the killer is inside an armored bus, pulling up to the gates of Folsom Prison. Without a word, its surly driver-the Man in Black himself-makes his way to the strip, where he spots a short, wealthy, sleazy-looking man walking into an alley with a prostitute and proceeds to fill him with lead. Reinhard Kleist’s brand-new graphic novel, Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness (Abrams Books), opens with a vintage Caddy (license plate “HELL”) barreling past a neon sign on the outskirts of Reno. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. ![]()
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