5/19/2023 0 Comments Baby's in Black by Arne Bellstorf![]() Stu and Astrid become engaged, the Beatles reshuffle personnel and land respectable contracts, Astrid plants ideas for a new "look" with signature suits, hairstyle, and dramatic black and white photographs, and everything looks rosy. Stu, whose passion is painting rather than guitar, enjoys the gigs and the camaraderie, but as his relationship with Astrid deepens, he owns up to his musical limitations and lands a coveted scholarship to study with artist Eduardo Paolozzi in Hamburg. Astrid is introduced to the band by ex-boyfriend Klaus and is immediately smitten with Sutcliffe. In this imported German graphic novel, Bellstorf focuses on the romance between Sutcliffe and rising star photographer Astrid Kirchherr, who would form an enduring friendship with the band and act as its early stylist and documentarian. Rock 'n' roll retrophiles are aware, of course, that Beatles lore traces back to performances in scuzzy, smoke-filled Hamburg clubs, with a pre-Ringo configuration of members that included a recruited bassist, Stuart Sutcliffe. ![]()
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