Tales of the Smiths Graphic

A comic book retelling of the band members’ teenage years before the group was famous, including fascinating digressions about their influences and the times in which they were growing up. The story reaches its climax with the meeting of Morrissey and Marr, the formation of the band in 1982 and their first gig as The Smiths. Introduction by drummer and early Smiths associate Simon Wolstencroft.

Con Chrisoulis is a Greek-Australian comic book artist who lives in Brighton. Having enjoyed a long career in indie and mainstream comics in Greece in 2012, he began publishing online a daily comic strip devoted to the early and unknown days of the seminal indie band, The Smiths.