Tyler James

The Life We Shared

My Amy

Written with a searing honesty and published for the tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death, My Amy is an evocative portrait of unbreakable lifelong friendship – and a devastating study into fame, addiction and self-sabotage. Only one person knows what really happened to Amy, other than Amy herself. He is Tyler James, Amy’s best friend from the age of thirteen. They met at stage school as two insecure outsiders, formed an instant connection and lived together from their late teenage years right up until the day she died, aged just twenty-seven. Tyler was there by her side through it all. From their carefree early years touring together to the creation of the multiple Grammy-winning Back To Black, which she wrote on their kitchen floor. From her volatile marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil through her escalating addictions, self-harm and eating disorders as the toxic nature of fame warped Amy’s reality. For the last three years of her life, Tyler was with her every day when she’d beaten drugs and was close to beating alcoholism too. He also knew better than anyone the real Amy Winehouse who the tabloid-reading public rarely saw – the hilarious, uncompromising force-of-nature busy taking care of everyone else. We all think we know what happened to Amy Winehouse, but we don’t. This definitive insider’s story tells us all, finally, the truth.

John Lees

Imagine The Joker came to a Gotham WITHOUT Batman...OXYMORON: The Loveliest Nightmare is a dark crime thriller about an afflicted detective hunting a serial killer obsessed with contradiction, who is painting a bloody canvass of carnage with the entrails of politicians and power brokers in the corrupt city she calls home. Written by John Lees (And Then Emily Was Gone) and Tyler James (The Red Ten), with art by Alex Cormack (Find), OXYMORON is a visceral thriller in the vein of Se7en and Hannibal. This volume collects the complete, critically acclaimed mini-series that Comic Book Resources calls, "Fantastic!"

Volume 1: the Loveliest Nightmare

Oxymoron

A moving, intimate look at the life of Amy Winehouse by her best friend. The death of icon Amy Winehouse at age just twenty-seven rocked the music world. Through the headlines the world thought they watched a car crash: a girl hell-bent on self-destruction. But the truth is far more complicated. Now, her best friend and constant companion Tyler James wants to tell the real story, because she can't. From their first encounter singing together at stage school, through to their wayward teenage years and Amy's dramatic rise to stardom, Tyler was with her through it all. Living with her right up until her death, he was the only one there by her side, day-after-day. He supported her through her career highs—the massive success of Back to Black and her five Grammy wins—and personal lows—her lifelong struggles with addiction, insecurity, and eating disorders. &​ Written with love, My Amy is a heartbreaking look at friendship and fame and provides an illuminating portrait of the woman behind the music—a unique, uncompromising force-of-nature. This is the definitive story of what really happened to Amy Winehouse.

Spätestens mit dem Sensationserfolg ihres zweiten Albums "Back to Black" war die ganze Welt fasziniert von Amys Ausnahmetalent, ihrem Retro-Look und ihrem exzessiven Lifestyle. Ihr Jugendfreund Tyler James war schon vor dem Durchbruch stets an ihrer Seite, durchlebte die Höhepunkte und Tiefen mit ihr. Besorgt beobachtete er, wie der Ruhm an ihr zehrte, wie sie ausgenutzt wurde, am schmerzlichsten von ihrem Vater Mitch. Tyler musste mit ansehen, wie Amy in einer toxischen Beziehung zerriss, und er litt mit ihr durch Bulimie, Entzüge und Rückfälle – Erfahrungen, die er auch selbst durchgemacht hatte. Er aber sah viel mehr in Amy: eine ausgelassene, witzige, fürsorgliche Frau, die es liebte, ihre Freunde zu bekochen, und sich nichts mehr wünschte als eine eigene Familie. Nach Jahren der Trauer ist er nun bereit, ihre gemeinsame Geschichte erzählen.

Ein Abschied in Worten

Meine Amy

When the world's greatest detective is violently murdered by her nemesis, her corporate backed super team and former sidekick band together to bring the villain to justice. However, the mission goes terribly wrong, and before the night is out each of the ten "heroes" will pay dearly for past transgressions. Collects THE RED TEN #0-5.

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