ALTAMONT HC (20 Aug Release)

After the peace & love of Woodstock¸ the fury and disaster of Altamont... December 1969. Woodstock and the Flower Power wave have swept the East Coast and in response¸ the West Coast turns up the decibels with a festival of their own on the Altamont racetrack in Northern California. The biggest bands are booked¸ The Rolling Stones are headlining¸ and 300¸000 people are expected for this peace¸ love¸ and rock'n'roll event. Jenny and her friends hop in their Volkswagen van and road trip from Los Angeles¸ the smell of marijuana trailing behind them¸ the promise of good music and good times ahead of them. Shortly after their arrival¸ tensions rise¸ a fight breaks out in the crowd¸ and pandemonium ensues. Hired to ensure security and paid in beer¸ the Hells Angels begin moving the crowd away from the stage with bats and chains¸ but the poorly organized event quickly spirals out of control and the dream of a 'Woodstock West' takes a deadly turn. Altamont follows the story of Jenny and each of her friends as they navigate love¸ friendship¸ and their own personal demons all while trying to make it out of the concert alive. It was supposed to be a beautiful¸ free festival—a celebration of love and sharing. Instead¸ the Altamont Speedway Free Festival became the symbol of the end of an era. Illustrated by the artist of The Walking Dead in a vintage style borrowed from pop art of the 1960s¸ Charlie Adlard and Herik Hanna mix fact with fiction as they explore this infamous moment in cultural history by giving us a disenchanted portrait of a free and dreamy youth¸ marked by the Vietnam War.