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Paul is a Blue Hippo and John is hanging upside down

Paul is Dead by Paola Baron

September 1, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Paul is Dead. How many Beatles fans know that story? Paul McCartney died at the height of Beatlemania and was replaced with a copy. And Paola Baron explores that idea in Paul is Dead, a speculation fiction graphic novel that causes questions of fame, reality, and self to have more questions than answers. I do not want to know what Baron or illustrator Ernesto Carbonetti were smoking when they created this realistically abstract, realistic-surrealism book, because John Lennon was not the only one having an […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Abbey Road Studios (London, celebrity, Conspiracy theories, England, Ernesto Carbonetti, friendship, George Harrison, grief, John Lennon, music, Paola Baron, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Social Themes, The Beatles

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:461 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Abbey Road Studios (London, celebrity, Conspiracy theories, England, Ernesto Carbonetti, friendship, George Harrison, grief, John Lennon, music, Paola Baron, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Social Themes, The Beatles ·
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