Double Fantasy - by Geoff Edgers (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A tour-de-force graphic novel biography of Yoko Ono and John Lennon--their turbulent romance, dynamic creative partnership, and their final days together recording their last, Grammy Award-winning album, Double Fantasy

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." --Yoko Ono

Long dismissed by Beatles fans as a "dragon lady" or "the woman who broke up the Beatles," Yoko Ono's work and legacy has often been viewed as parallel, if not separate to John Lennon's.

Double Fantasy challenges that perception, chronicling the complicated, fascinating, and dramatic period between 1968 and 1980 when John Lennon left the Beatles, redefined himself, disappeared from the public to raise his son Sean with Yoko Ono--by telling their story from both Yoko and John's perspective.

In this incredible journey through the personal and creative lives of two of the most influential artists of all time, Double Fantasy argues--at times in John's own words--that Yoko was not tangential to the process of making "John Lennon's last album," but rather his creative equal, constantly challenging him to make better, more personal work.

Viscerally presented in the graphic novel format, author Geoff Edgers and artist Molly Murakami take readers behind the scenes of one of the most complicated, fruitful, and misunderstood musical partnerships in history, drawing from unparalleled access and new reporting to bring this story to life.

About the Author

Geoff Edgers is the national arts reporter at The Washington Post, where he's profiled everyone from Eddie Murphy and Chevy Chase to Sinead O'Connor and Ava DuVernay, and has written children's books on the Beatles, Stan Lee, and Julia Child. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Carlene, and children Lila and Calvin. Molly Murakami is a cartoonist, illustrator, and writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has worked with Bleacher Report, Candlewick Press, First Second, IDW, and others. In 2020, she was the recipient of a MICE mini-grant for In Your Path, an autobiography about her family's history with the Japanese-American internment camps during the second World War. In 2021, she was named one of two artists in residence at Densho. Kendall Goode is a comic artist and illustrator from Richmond, Virginia. He has worked as a main artist on titles such as The Books of Clash (First Second), Dirtbag Rapture (Oni Press), and has colorist credits on Wonder Woman: The Adventures of Young Diana (DC Comics), Young Alfred: Pain In The Butler (DC Comics), and Harley Quinn's Bud and Lou: Trouble Times Two (DC Comics). K Czap is an award-nominated cartoonist who has worked with publishers such as Scholastic, First Second, and Little, Brown and Company. Czap received the CXC Emerging Talent Award in 2016 for their work and involvement in the comics community and in 2022, was nominated for the "Outstanding Artist" and "Outstanding Comic" Ignatz Awards for Four Years. They live in Rhode Island with their partner, Cathy G. Johnson.