‘Everyone is Tulip’ Explores the Discomfort of Modern-Day Social Media Fame

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Dave Baker and Nicole Goux have teamed up with Ellie Hall for the new graphic novel Everyone is Tulip for June 2021. The graphic novel features Becca, an aspiring actress who dreams of being famous in Hollywood.  While working to make a name for herself, she participates in an experimental internet art project. When the project goes viral, her online persona becomes complicated.  With fans and hecklers watching her every move, she questions whether her dream is worth the heartache.

Here’s what the creators had to say:

“This project is a deeply personal work for me. It’s mined from experience, both personal and observed. Everyone Is Tulip is a narrative centered around compromise. It seems to be the singular constant in the existence of most artists. How to mitigate it, how to embrace it, and how to live with it.”—Dave Baker

“We are living in a world of rapidly shifting technology and ideas. Everyone Is Tulip is about navigating technology and social media as an artist and a human, and how that informs what you make. Dave and I started this book at a point when we were being asked to make compromises in our work with the offer of potential success and had to make serious decisions about what direction we wanted our careers to go. There is so much gray area surrounding the idea of pure art versus successful art, and every artist has to choose what they can live with. Everyone Is Tulip asks what you are willing to sacrifice to get what you want, what compromises are you willing to make, who are you willing to screw to make it happen, and also, what is the nature of art and theft in our ever-changing society.” – Nicole Goux

 

Everyone is Tulip arrives in comic shops June 16, 2021, and everywhere June 29, 2021, and is available for pre-order on Barnes and NobleIndiebound, and your local comic shop for $19.99.

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