Morrison Hotel: Graphic Novel

Very nicely done graphic novel. I bought as Valentine's present and I'm sure my Morrison fan will love it.I didn't much care for the lack of packaging it came in. It was just put into a bubble mailer not wrapped in plastic or anything. Glad it arrived safely!!

Amazing book terrible terrible shipping arrived damaged and the book was definitely not new

This was a great and fun read. Hoping they do the same for L.A. Woman.

Great graphic novel

Morrison Hotel graphic novel was creatively done focusing on the progression of each song in the album weaving stories inspired by Jim Morrison's life. Very stream of consciousness! I am a musician and artist / Doors fan. It is really cool how artists can create rhythm and sound through visual art! Each artist came up with a story and concept around each song's theme. What is most interesting to me is that how I interpret a song as an artist and musician may be completely different from another artist's perspective coming from another art background like in the comic book industry / graphic design / animation. Waiting for the Sunday by Mike Oeming and Taki Soma was amazing with the art and Jim's journey into the afterlife. Loved the mountain scene with Jim's face and how you could feel nature, sound, rhythm. Marguerite Sauvage's segment 'You Make Me Real' had a sense of premonition with Jim's death. The band being at a diner in the hot desert captured the anxiety and tension...like something is about to happen. Coffee scene was particularly effective with the Indian family that appears. I loved how she gave attention to Pamela, Jim lover, and the sunset scenes were great! . There were many segments about Jim's father with the war especially one of my favorites was 'Land Ho' by Ryan Kelly and Aladdin Collar. Still silence at a nature area with his love as they contemplate life. Loved the ship scene, very rhythmic and energetic of those times in history! Indian Summer by Jill Thompson was beautiful exploring themes of past lives and reincarnation. My favorite Door song. The passage in "Indian Summer" with the Indian lady / young Indian boy is particularly effective with themes of reincarnation. There was much sense of time moving to a from flowing into the present and past. I am especially interested in history of theatre at rock and roll landmarks with spirit / ghost energy and 'Ship of Fools' by Colleen Doran captured what I would see as being the music cosmos beyond what we can physically see but is created through music in each show. Music transports us to this energetic space through love and dreams, also living on after we pass away. Very interesting how she had the Aquarius Theatre! I thought about Einstein's theory of relativity with her creative drawings of the ships and her colors captured a feeling of being transported to a place of healing, love, and light when we all pass on and where musicians are in the heavenly realms. Vasilis Lolos segment 'Queen of the Highway' had great music / art synesthesia with vibrant colors! Seeing color while hearing music and love his use of bold lines in his style to convey drama! He added many historical references in rock and roll history that I enjoyed. There were a couple of segments that were on the darker side like Interlude Miami, The Spy, and Blue Sunday. I usually don't read darker literature but much of the art was very effective to create the scene. The Spy by Armitano and Ellie Wright definitely kept you on the edge of your seat! They drew you into the suspense and it was very dramatic! You won't forget it! With Miami Interlude by John Pearson, his style painting with the psychedelic theatre onstage made you feel like you were there and created a space / atmosphere of being in the 1960s. Peace Frog by Sebastian Piriz told the story about volatile Berkley in the 1960s with the garden on a campus when riots began. Important part of U. S. history! Colors definitely gave the fire / chaos atmosphere and shows what was going on during those times. Blue Sunday by Guillermo Sanna and Aladdin Collar captures days in the life of a young man repeating patterns with women. Artwork and color designs were effective with love's theme and story. It was also disturbing because the artists brought to your attention that the protagonist is a real creep and repeating the same fast cycles with these women and alcohol. It is a lesson to all women...don't go to bed with a guy you don't know that well, yikes! Keep caution with men and don't be naive. Roadhouse Blues by Tony Parker and Aladdin Carter captured the music's rhythms and lifestyle of bar living. You felt like you were there in the night! Effective with their sense of rhythm and night scenes. Maggie McGill by John K. Snider III had war scenes that were full of suspense and action. Awesome art and visuals of wartime battle! You felt like you were there. Outro with Tony Parker and Aladdin Collar tells the story of the Doors photo session at Morrison Hotel. Fun, creative, and intriguing story! Consider this for a Morrison Hotel Book 2: I would have liked more band history with a story about Ray Manzarek growing up in Chicago with the blues and how music inspired him living there as a young child. Would have been cool to have the story when Ray and Dorothy met at UCLA in the art class. Fun story from Manzarek's book. She was a big inspiration for The Doors and brought them in when they were all broke and just starting out. She stayed with Ray from beginning to end. Have stories from Robbie Krieger too. How about the music studio where they worked at on Venice Beach with the psychedelic kaleidoscope stained glass? Morrison's passing and fans visiting the grave in Paris. The Doors visiting NYC for the first time. John Densmore and Laurel Canyon with Julie Densmore. More stories with Jim and Pamela. Maybe a segment focusing on Pamela's background and story? When she met Jim. There is so much that could be added into more cool graphic novels as a sequel and Part 3 :)!

People looking for the story of the doors, look elsewhere. This is an piece of art and I love it. I didn't buy this from Amazon, and in fact it was a gift. But man do I love it! It's beautiful to look. Light a J, put on Morrison Hotel, and read though this for a fun experience. I honestly do think Jim would have thought this was pretty cool. Not sure what inspired this to be made, but each chapter is a different artist's interpretation of a doors track, some historical perspective, a lot of truth, but not a lot of "facts" if that's your thing.

The idea of having different artists design a story or scene to go along with a song is a great idea. I was expecting varying styles and degrees of skill. I was excited to see the variations and how each artist would bring a song by The Doors to the page. Unfortunately, more than half the artists who participated in realizing this concept did so SO poorly that the focal character is quite literally unrecognizable. In some cases the rendition is downright insulting to the man, the music and the legend of The Doors. It's a shame. I got this book as a present to myself for my birthday and not only was it a total buzzkill, in order to return the book the seller would have charged me for return shipping. For a $10 book, it's not at all worth the effort. I'll just tuck this away on my shelf and try to forget about it.

As a Doors fan I was looking forward to this graphic novel but was very disappointed. Save your money and just listen to their music.