Baby's in Black

Arne Bellstorf's graphic novel Baby's in Black, published by First Second in 2014, offers a fictionalized glimpse into the early 1960s Hamburg club scene, centered on the personal lives and friendships of the musicians who would become the Beatles. This standalone volume, written and drawn by Bellstorf, focuses on the bittersweet romance between Astrid Kirchherr and Stuart Sutcliffe, grounding the legendary band's origin story in intimate, human terms. It stands as a poignant, visually evocative tribute to a formative moment in rock history.