The Fifth Beatle Archives

Award-winning, #1 New York Times best selling graphic novel and forthcoming feature film The Fifth Beatle recounts the untold true story of Brian Epstein– the brilliant visionary who discovered the Beatles in a cellar in Liverpool, nurtured, protected, and guided them to international stardom, but died painfully lonely at the age of 32. Now you can[...]

By Peter G What's poppin', people?  It's Peter G, your favorite Polish manga-ka, and field marshal for the Chicago division of the Bleeding Cool Stud Squad.  I have returned from another run through the trenches of C2E2 in Chicago, Illinois.  Wondering what you might have missed?  Read on, true believer…. HEY HEY WHAT CAN I DO –[...]

By Adi Tantimedh The Fifth Beatle, a biography of the short life and career of the band's manager Brian Epstein, is one of the graphic novel highlights of this year, a labor of love by author Vivek Tiwary When a mutual friend introduced us and insisted I interview him, I could hardly say no After all,[...]

Don't worry, we checked it twice. The Fifth Beatle – Dark Horse, November A fantastic oversized graphic novel that is not just Beatlephilia, but a beautiful story of loss and heartbreak Vivek Tiwary, Andrew Robinson and Kyle Baker chronicle the bittersweet story of Brian Epstein's life as a closeted gay man in the 60's They interweave absurd,[...]

Since The Fifth Beatle launched from Dark Horse Comics' "M Press" division on November 19th, it's been making the rounds of mainstream reportage because of its prominent subject matter—the life and times of Beatles manager Brian Epstein By November 30th, the graphic novel appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List at #5 in[...]

On November 19th, The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story hits stores The graphic novel by VivekTiwary, Andrew Robinson and Kyle Baker and similarly titled feature film tells the story of the man who discovered the Beatles in a basement in Liverpool, guided them to fame and fortune and then died lonely at the age[...]