The Grateful Dead are one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all time, but every story has a start. Grateful Dead Origins takes an in depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands of all time, exploring the early days of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, and their transition from being a bar cover band to one of the greatest sounds in history. Grateful Dead Origins showcases the beginning of the band through the early 1960's San Francisco Haight Ashbury era, becoming the house band for Ken Kesey's psychedelic "acid tests," while telling a personal tale of the highs and lows of the tightly knit community that would grow around them, culminating at their historic performance at Woodstock, just one more show on their legendary road trip that would soon follow... This official Graphic Novel will also feature an accompanying download of rare Grateful Dead music. Chris Miskiewicz  is an actor & graphic novelist. He's the writer of the multi-award winning comic book series, "Thomas Alsop" voted best mini-series of the year for its English & Danish translated editions, "Grateful Dead Origins," the first approved biographical adaptation of the legendary rock band's early years, and the science fiction adventure, "This Is Where We Fall" - As an actor Chris has appeared on CBS's "Bull," HBO's "Bored to Death," and USA Networks' "White Collar." Noah Van Sciver  first came to comic readers' attention with his critically acclaimed comic book series Blammo, which has earned him 3 Ignatz award nominations. His work has appeared in Mad magazine, Best American Comics 2011, and The Stranger, as well as countless graphic anthologies. He currently is the writer/artist on a comic strip titled "Rufus Baxter" for the alternative weekly newspaper Westword. Van Sciver has four graphic novels: The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, Youth Is Wasted, Saint Cole and Fante Bukowski: