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by Filippo Zambello (Author), Mattia Ferrari (Illustrator)
During the course of their 10-year career, BTS have managed to do something no other K-Pop band have done--break the west. They've topped the Billboard Charts, won almost every music award and were named TIME's entertainer of the year. But at the heart of this world-dominating phenomenon, is a message of kindness, community, and values. It's this message that resonates with their millions of fans, their ARMY. This vivid graphic biography is a celebration of the motivations at the heart of this band.
Each chapter is dedicated to a band member and a cause that inspires them--from ending violence against children to helping people access healthcare, from supporting education to ending child poverty: their activist achievements are genuinely inspiring and courageous. Interwoven throughout are entertaining stories about their tours and performances, but the heart of this book looks beyond the music to the values they represent, values that inspire us.
This graphic celebration of the impressive philanthropic achievements of this K-Pop supergroup, will cut right to the heart of any BTS fan. Discover how BTS have changed something you care about, and be inspired to join them in making the world a better place.
Author Biography
Born in 1982 in Rovigo (Italy), Filippo Zambello is a graduate of DAMS and a graduate of the National Academy of Cinema in Bologna. He has attended filmmaking and storytelling courses, including one at the New York Film Academy. Among other things in 2016, he published the graphic novel The Moneyman, a biography of Walt Disney in comics, written with Alessio De Santa and published in France (?ditions du Long Bec), Germany (Knesebeck), Italy (Tunu?) and Russia (КОМПАСГИД).
