A new Iron Maiden graphic novel celebrates 40 years of their album Piece of Mind
Nov. 15, 2023The new book features a story by frontman Bruce Dickinson
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The iconic heavy metal band Iron Maiden have been rocking audiences for almost 50 years now. As their fourth album Piece of Mind turns 40 this year, the group is releasing a lavish new commemorative book in collaboration with publishers Z2. As well as never before seen photos and art from the era, the book also contains nine new comic stories created by a host of writers and artists, including one written by frontman Bruce Dickinson.
We’ve got an exclusive sneak preview of one of the new tales below, but first here’s the impressive full list of creators involved with the project.
You can check out several pages from Still Life in the gallery below.
“When the idea of a Piece of Mind 40th Anniversary graphic novel first came up, I felt it was the perfect medium to expand outside the confines of the songs and to create new storylines and new dimensions through short form narrative and imagery,” said vocalist Bruce Dickinson. “With Revelations, it allowed me to add more layers and dimensions to the lyrics and add a new twist.”
“Equally as exciting was bringing together some of the top writers and illustrators in the industry who are all actual fans of the band, to add their own creative ideas inspired by the songs, Eddie, and the album itself,” Dickinson continued. “Z2 did a tremendous job in pulling this all together to create more than just a graphic novel, it’s what I consider a work of art.”
The book is available in a plethora of different editions for fans and collectors, with prices starting at $40/£32.55 and stretching all the way up to $300/£244.13. Here’s the full, exhaustive list.
Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind is published by Z2 on November 21.
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Iron Maiden aren’t the only rockers to write comics. Vault recently launched Headshell, a new imprint dedicated to graphic novels by musicians. You can read more about thathere.
Will Salmon is the Comics Editor for GamesRadar/Newsarama. He has been writing about comics, film, TV, and music for more than 15 years, which is quite a long time if you stop and think about it. At Future he has previously launched scary movie magazine Horrorville, relaunched Comic Heroes, and has written for every issue of SFX magazine for over a decade. He sometimes feels very old, like Guy Pearce in Prometheus. His music writing has appeared in The Quietus, MOJO, Electronic Sound, Clash, and loads of other places and he runs the micro-label Modern Aviation, which puts out experimental music on cassette tape.
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