Twelve years ago, I spent a week at a resort outside Lancaster, a town north of Liverpool. My wife and I considered visiting Liverpool but drove up to the Lake District instead. Then we bypassed Liverpool and spent a weekend in Llandudno, Wales. If we ever return to the England, perhaps we can visit Liverpool. It'd be cool to visit the Beatles museum! As for this graphic novel, Chris Shepherd's story sucked me in. The art reminds me of the bleak feeling that the Dalziel And Pascoe TV series often evoked. Check it out! It's sad, but it's also fun!
ANFIELD ROAD
Author/Illustrator: Chris Shepherd
Publisher: Titan Comics
HC, 272 pages, FC, $24.99
ISBN: 9781787743731
On sale October 29, 2024
Writer, artist, and filmmaker, Chris Shepherd’s debut graphic novel depicts a beautiful coming of age story centered around growing up in the working-class dynamics of Merseyside in the late eighties.
For fans of emotional stories about family and ambition and set in the rich history of Liverpool.
As Conor Sterling is about to turn 18, he wrestles with the tough choice to go to art college or look after his sick, dominating grandmother? While life seems to move faster, he falls for a West-Indian girl who his grandmother disapproves of. Conor is torn between doing the right thing for him or submitting to the will of his crazy grandmother.
What follows is a funny and poignant coming of age story set in Liverpool in 1989. The land of The La’s, the Hillsborough disaster and Findus Crispy Pancakes.
Here's a preview of the interior art.
Anfield Road is on sale October 29, 2024 at bookstores, comic shops and digital.
Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Forbidden Planet for UK.
Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us!
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