Songs of Eric
Because Eric is an LA-based musician from the 60s and 70s, three contemporary LA bands have recorded songs from, and inspired by, the graphic novel:
392 pages / Published 2018
Eric is a story of Americana and the horrific implications of what lies beneath its pop and artifice. A celebrated musician in the '60s and '70s psychedelic pop scene, Eric has become a drug-addled relic grappling with his irrelevance. Following a live TV debacle while promoting his greatest hits album, Eric plunges into a terrifying conspiracy spanning multiple realities, and takes a dark, surreal journey into the underbelly of American pop culture.
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“Eric is one of the finest original graphic novels in recent (perhaps even extended) memory. A strong contender for the most undervalued and under appreciated comic of this still-technically-young century.” —Ryan Carey, Canon Magazine
“A masterpiece... Tom Manning blurs realities and creates interwoven worlds that—despite seeming impossible—contribute to an understanding of the real world.” —Fanbase Press
“Tom Manning’s graphic novel Eric is that rarest of gems: the self-published masterpiece.” —Weird Studies Episode 213: On Tom Manning’s Eric
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Original art from Eric is available to purchase at Atheneum Comic Art
392 pages / Published 2018
Eric is a story of Americana and the horrific implications of what lies beneath its pop and artifice. A celebrated musician in the '60s and '70s psychedelic pop scene, Eric has become a drug-addled relic grappling with his irrelevance. Following a live TV debacle while promoting his greatest hits album, Eric plunges into a terrifying conspiracy spanning multiple realities, and takes a dark, surreal journey into the underbelly of American pop culture.
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“Eric is one of the finest original graphic novels in recent (perhaps even extended) memory. A strong contender for the most undervalued and under appreciated comic of this still-technically-young century.” —Ryan Carey, Canon Magazine
“A masterpiece... Tom Manning blurs realities and creates interwoven worlds that—despite seeming impossible—contribute to an understanding of the real world.” —Fanbase Press
“Tom Manning’s graphic novel Eric is that rarest of gems: the self-published masterpiece.” —Weird Studies Episode 213: On Tom Manning’s Eric
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Original art from Eric is available to purchase at Atheneum Comic Art
Because Eric is an LA-based musician from the 60s and 70s, three contemporary LA bands have recorded songs from, and inspired by, the graphic novel: