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by Kieron Gillen (Author), Jamie McKelvie (Artist), Matt Wilson (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
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Collected in a single volume for the first time, the critically beloved work from the creators of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE. Includes RUE BRITANNIA, THE SINGLES CLUB, and THE IMMATERIAL GIRL, with RUE BRITANNIA newly colored. The world where Music Is Magic has never looked better. Collects PHONOGRAM #1-6, PHONOGRAM 2: THE SINGLES CLUB #1-7, PHONOGRAM 3: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #1-6, and previously single-exclusive B-sides.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XY64W4H
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image (April 12, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 12, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1293111 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 500 pages
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Kieron Gillen

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Kieron Gillen is a British writer, journalist and critic best known for his work in comics and his previous work in entertainment journalism.

Gillen's first graphic novel, PHONOGRAM (with artist/co-creator Jamie McKelvie), was published through IMAGE COMICS in 2006. Since then he's found work writing for MARVEL, AVATAR, BOOM, TOKYOPOP, DYNAMITE and more that don't spring to mind right now.

At Marvel, he's written runs on books including THE UNCANNY X-MEN, THOR, YOUNG AVENGERS, IRON MAN, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, STAR WARS, DOCTOR APHRA and DARTH VADER.

Books he's created included UBER, MERCURY HEAT and THREE, but is best known for the ongoing gods-as-popstar series with long time collaborators Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson THE WICKED + THE DIVINE launched to both huge critical and commercial success in 2014. It will conclude in 2019.

He is working on other things.

In his previous life as a critic, his work has appeared in WIRED, THE GUARDIAN, PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE UK, PC GAMER, EDGE and far too many others to count. In 2007 he was one of the founders of ROCKPAPERSHOTGUN.COM, what is now the world's premier PC-centric games blog.

He once played records for DMC to rap over.

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Douglass Barre
5.0 out of 5 stars Drink the blood of virgins for eternal youth.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2017
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In 2005 I was in the hospital for seven months. I came home a wreck: physically weak, spiritually defeated. For over a year I was an old man at thirty-seven. Then I discovered the magic in music. Listening to the music of the young, the passionate, the believers... it rejuvenated me. Music is magic, and that's what Gillen and McKelvie show in this book, but that is only the premise. Taking it past that and into the lives of the phonomancers who live that truth is where Phonogram shines. The back of the hardback asks "Has a song ever changed your life?" Well, Phonogram is the book that is the song that changed my life. Don't pass up a chance to let it do that for you.
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N. Ramon
5.0 out of 5 stars Why aren't you mashing the "Buy now with 1-Click®" button right now?
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017
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I'm simply not able to be objective here. This is a series that's very very very important to me, and having it as a collected set (and with all of the uncollected b-side side stories as well) is a big darn deal.

The one thing that's causing me to dock it a star is that it doesn't have the glossaries and other "thinkin' about stuff" essays from either the individual issues or the collections. Those really gave a great insight into what went into creating this, both process-wise as well as lived experience.

You will note that, having docked it a star, it's at five stars. That's very deliberate on my part.
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Albee
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste he time
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2019
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I love music and comics.left me hating myself for spending the $ 40 bucks on shite. Stick with the divine chronic at least there's a plot.
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Nathan Schneiderman
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2017
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Interesting graphic novel.
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zink
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2017
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Everything Great!
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Ana Phylaxis
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2017
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Complete.
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Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars Weird and delightful and absorbing.
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017
I read a fair number of graphic novels but I don't subscribe to any online sites or magazines that keep me informed of comic book and graphic novel trends or releases. The ARCs I receive tend to be my only source of information on what is out there. I've become pretty surprised at the quality of the graphic novels I've been reading and I've come across some unusual and stunning works. Case in point: <em>The Complete Phonogram</em>.

This 500+ page volume is certainly not for the graphic novel newbie. This book collects a large body of work written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Jamie McKelvie, all centered around the pop music world. And magic.

Imagine being a phonomancer - a person with the ability to manipulate music - to create magic through sounds. Now follow these people with this ability as they weave through the world, spells of music being cast and relationships built and dashed to a soundtrack of magic.

I was instantly caught in the spell of this book and I really seemed to identify with one of our central characters, David Kohl, who has passed his prime in the industry but still holds a reputation and interest in the music scene.

The music scene here tends to be the British pop club scene, but, while it might offend the Brits to say so, it's not really all that different from what I remember when I went to clubs on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood in the 1980's.

The sense that there's magic in music is not so far-fetched and this graphic novel takes that idea and pushes the envelope, making that magic just a little more real and a little more enticing.

The art here fits the story very nicely. It's not über realistic and it's not overly stylized. It's something in-between that catches the theme and works well with it.

This book was a real surprise for me. I knew nothing about it, but when I saw that it dealt with the music theme I knew it was something I wanted to look into. The size of it (504 pages) was daunting, and it did take me awhile to get through it, but part of that was because I really wanted to be able to give it my full attention.

I'll have to admit that there were times I didn't entirely understand what was going and I'd have to backtrack - it usually involved magic and who was wielding it and why.

Overall, this was a really wonderful voyage into what graphic novels can be - full of wild and weird and fun ideas. It is highly recommended.

Looking for a good book? The Complete Phonogram is a graphic novel that centers around music and magic and all that can happen within both, when humans are involved. It is weird and delightful and absorbing.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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Chris J. Gorman
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful collection with an unexpected treat finding that the originally ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2018
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A beautiful collection with an unexpected treat finding that the originally B+W art for the first arc had been coloured!
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