Monday, October 26, 2009
Books / Music
New Illustrated Book Helps Us Make Sense of Kanye West's Lyrics
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Renowned illustrator and
Academy Award-nominated animator
Bill Plympton has collaborated with Kanye West on a forthcoming
book project, creating a series of 12 drawings that match the lyrics of 12 Kanye tracks, all of which add up to something like an autobiography in lyrics, music and images.
The two worked together once before on the music video for "Heard 'em Say", and of course Kanye is quickly stacking up a sizable bibliography, including his book of quotables Thank You and You're Welcome and the volume of photographs of the pop star, Glow in the Dark. Through the Wire: Lyrics and Illuminations hits shelves on November 10 from Atria. For his next book project, maybe Kanye can get Takashi Murakami to animate an anime series about his exploits called "The Good Life." (NOTCOT)
Tags: Kanye West, Bill Plympton, illustration, biography, animation, famous people write glow-in-the-dark-books in their sleep