As the Valley’s live music scene is slowly beginning to return to normal, here’s a rundown of recent local news, including a new graphic novel from Jimmy Eat World, details about Arizona Musicfest s outdoor concerts, and a new date for an upcoming show by Ministry.
Jimmy Eat World is Releasing a Graphic Novel
Local power-pop act Jimmy Eat World is expanding to the sequential art world. Next month, the band will release a graphic novel entitled
555, which is based on the 2019 song of the same name. Written by Jimmy Eat World frontman Jim Adkins and comic book artist Alex Paknadel, the science fiction-inspired story will tell the tale of a character named Klaarg, who “works for an evil galactic empire as an overseer of a cloned workforce and ends up battling with his own values as his purpose in the universe becomes threatened.