Sublime: $5 at the Door

Sublime: $5 at the Door by Ryan Cady
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sublime: $5 at the Door is the story of Sublime.

I remember finding 40 Ounces to Freedom at the local Venture store in 1995. I'd heard Date Rape on the radio but the CD was my first real sampling of the band. I liked them but never bought any other records. My wife got this for me a few weeks ago. It's not something I would have picked out for myself but I liked it quite a bit.

Written by Ryan Cady with art by Logan Faerber, Julianne Griepp, Robert Ahmad, Vasillis Lolos, Bill Masuku, Hayden Sherman, Alex Diotto, and Audrey Mok, the book chronicles Sublime from their humble beginnings to the height of their fame. Thankfully, it stops before Brad's death.

While there are a ton of artists, the art has a unified feel to it. I didn't realize so many hands were in the pot until I was writing up my review. It feels more like a documentary in comic form than it does the actual comic. The captions tell most of the story and the band members and the people in their orbit provide soundbites of dialogue. A few chapters are devoted to the antics of the infamous Dalmation, Louis.

I'm not a tremendous Sublime fan but $5 at the Door is a satisfying read. I'm sure bigger Sublime fans would enjoy it even more. Four out of five stars.

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