Suburban Glamour

Phonogram artist Jamie McKelvie returns to Image this week with his all new 4 issue mini series Suburban Glamour. McKelvie's new series tells the story of Astrid and Dave, two suburban teens depressed about their dead-end lives. Passing there time by playing in "ramshackle" rock bands and doing a bit of underage drinking, the two teen's existences look to be pointless until they can graduate high school and get out of town. Yet, when Astrid is visited by her long estranged imaginary childhood friend she is warned that everything for her and Dave is about to change.

McKelvie distinctive art style looks similar to what you might remember from Phonogram, however the similarities between the two series ends there. Phonogram was a surrealistic series about how "music is magic," where Suburban Glamour is more of a straight forward fantasy adventures. McKelvie has described his new series as "Blue Monday meets the Labyrinth." He explains:

I think the "Blue Monday versus Labyrinth" line pulls in both elements of the story reasonably neatly - the group of teenagers stuck in a small town versus a fantasy world starting to overlap with their own.

For more on Suburban Glamour check out the rest of McKelvie's interview with newsarama.

Groovy!

-Jon