Arriving for the 110th anniversary of Orson Welles’ birth is a graphic novel biography – The Giant: Orson Welles, The Artist and the Shadow.
Macmillian Publishers promises that writer Youssef Daoudi will deliver “a radically new look at the director of Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil.”
“Long after his death in 1985, the shadow of Orson Welles still looms over Hollywood. By twenty-three, Welles had revolutionized theatre and radio with The War of the Worlds; by twenty-five, he had secured his place in history with his debut film, Citizen Kane. Yet four films and less than a decade later, his career suffered a spectacular collapse, and Welles, once the most promising director in America, was written off as a ‘would-be genius’―a bad bet in an increasingly money-conscious industry. In The Giant, Youssef Daoudi weaves together reality and mythology to create a radical new look at one of Hollywood’s most legendary figures and poses a question as timeless as Orson Welles himself: What happens when a true artist comes up against the rest of the world?”
The 272-page hardcover is due in stores on May 6, 2025 and carries a $29.95 cover price.
Daoudi is a comic artist and illustrator living in France. He worked as an art director for multinational advertising firms for 15 years before committing himself to writing and drawing graphic novels.
His previous works includes Monk!: Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution and Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century.
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