{"id":348247,"date":"2026-03-16T00:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348247\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T00:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:20:27","slug":"pearl-jams-mike-mccready-announces-new-graphic-novel-and-lost-rock-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348247\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready announces new graphic novel and “lost” rock opera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pearl Jam<\/a>\u2018s Mike McCready has announced a new graphic novel and \u201clost\u201d rock opera titled Mike McCready\u2019s Farewell to Seasons \u2013 check out all the details below.<\/p>\n

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The guitarist has been developing the multimedia project for over 20 years, initially envisioning it as a musical, before developing it to its current format with the help of director and writer Cameron Crowe.<\/p>\n

McCready is set to tell a fictional tale of the life of a Seattle musician named David Williams, who navigates the city\u2019s burgeoning music scene in the early 1990s. The \u201chistorical fantasy\u201d is co-authored by McCready and comic writer Mark Sable and will be accompanied by a rock opera featuring original music written from the perspective of Williams.<\/p>\n

As for the inspiration and plot, McCready described it as a story \u201cinspired by the creativity, community and chaos of the Seattle music scene\u201d (per Loudwire<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve had a great time bringing this project to life with Z2 and I hope people enjoy the journey as much as I did creating it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The graphic novel, illustrated by Argentinian artist Sebasti\u00e1n P\u00edriz is set for release on October 6, with deluxe and platinum editions including a soundtrack featuring new and original songs penned by McCready.<\/p>\n

Rantz A Hoseley, Z2\u2019s Editor in Chief, added of the project: \u201cHaving been in the heart of the NW music scene as a journalist in the 1990s, I\u2019ve wanted for years to work on a project that would reflect what it was actually like for the musicians and the fans when \u2018the world came to Seattle.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI can say, without any hyperbole or exaggeration, that I feel like my entire creative life has led to me being involved with this book, and I feel so blessed to be a part of bringing Mike\u2019s beautiful and poignant story to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pre-orders are available now through the Z2 website here<\/a>, while physical copies will be available worldwide on October 6.<\/p>\n

As for Pearl Jam, last year saw the band wrap up an extensive US tour in support of their latest album, \u2018Dark Matter\u2019. The record\u00a0scored a four-star review from\u00a0NME<\/a>, with Liberty Dunworth writing: \u201cFor those longing for the charismatic songwriting that first put the band on the map over three decades ago, \u2018Dark Matter\u2019 will come as a pleasant surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pearl Jam\u2018s Mike McCready has announced a new graphic novel and \u201clost\u201d rock opera titled Mike McCready\u2019s Farewell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,640],"class_list":["post-348247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}