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Mike Dawson

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About Me

Freddie & Me, a graphic novel, coming Spring 2008, from BloomsburyUSA and Jonathan Cape in the UK. 304 pages, paperback.

Freddie & Me is a wonderfully funny and moving graphic memoir of Mike Dawson's lifelong obsession with Freddie Mercury and Queen. Told alternately from Mike's childhood, teenage and adult perspectives, Freddie & Me explores the way in which music changes and shapes our lives, and the way in which random memories can both prop up and undermine the stories we tell ourselves. The counterpoint to Mike's obsession is his younger sister's love of George Michael and Wham - including several deliciously funny imagined scenes which, like the book as a whole, is written and drawn with a brilliant combination of exuberance and subtlety.

My Interests

Comic Books, Classic Rock, History, Skiing

I'd like to meet:

People who like comics

Music:

Queen, Scissor Sisters, Electric Six, The Ark, Mika, Common

My Blog

mikedawsoncomics.com temporarily down

I’ve been having some technical problems with my website, which is why it’s currently linking to my MySpace profile. That’s fine I think, there’s plenty of info about my book "...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:59:00 PST

Early Review - BOOKLIST

Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody.Dawson, Mike (Author) Jun 2008. 304 p. Bloomsbury, paperback, $19.95. (9781596914766). 741.5. Graphic novels rarely come more deeply personal than...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:57:00 PST

Bloomsbury Cover

Got the final artwork for the Bloomsbury edition of the book today, and here it is.Doesn't it look nice with all it's proper title and the other copy on it? ...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:38:00 PST

Fog of War - signing at Jim Hanley’s Universe

This Friday, November 2nd, I will be appearing at Jim Hanley's Universe in Manhattan from 8:00-10:00pm, along with Alex Robinson, Tim Kreider, Cheese Hasselberger, Kevin Colden, K Thor Jensen, and Mis...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:56:00 PST

Freddie & Me - Release Dates

It's getting close to being just six months away from the UK release of Freddie & Me. That gives me some time to update my long neglected website, whic desperately needs an overhaul. I want to put...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:43:00 PST

Freddie & Me, from Bloomsbury USA, 2008

I haven't really been "blogging" about it much, but there's actually been a quite a lot happening with my book in the past six months or so. I'm happy to say though, that my graphic novel will be publ...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

Superior Showcase interview at The Pulse

Random Shuffle Big interview with me, Nick Bertozzi, and Dean Trippe at the Pulse Here's an excerpt, which demonstrates the long-winded-ness of all my replies: THE PULSE: Mike, tell me your five fa...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:44:00 PST

Superior: Showcase .1

Superior Showcase #1by Various. Published by AdHouse BooksIN STORES NOW. This FANTASTIC FIRST ISSUE of the comic that is all about heroes that are super (SUPERIOR SHOWCASE!) contains the uber-talents ...
Posted by Mike Dawson on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:30:00 PST