Bob Dylan‘s next release won’t be new music — it’ll be a book of drawings. On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster announced that it will publish Dylan’s book Point Blank (Quick Studies), a collection of black-and-white artwork made by the musician between 2021 and 2022, on Nov. 18.
The collection, comprising approximately 100 drawings by the musician, features portraits and landscapes, including images of roller skaters, a suspension bridge, a karaoke singer, a Parisian canal, a man with a crooked smile, and a roll of Scotch tape.
“This book showcases Bob Dylan’s mastery of telling stories, creating moods and provoking feelings,” said Sean Manning, a publishing executive. “The images are deeply evocative, at once innocent and world-weary, joyous and forlorn, humorous and sensual, enigmatic and familiar.”
Several of the drawings featured in the book are currently on display at an exhibit at Halcyon Gallery in London, running through July 6. The book will also feature vignettes written by Eddie Gorodetsky, Jackie Hamilton, and Lucy Sante. (Gorodetsky worked with Dylan on his radio show and 2022’s The Philosophy of Modern Song.)
“Dylan’s ability to find beauty and mystery in the seemingly mundane is one of his great gifts—and the gift he’s continually given to the public over the years, including now with Point Blank,” added Manning.
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Dylan kept his artwork private for much of his life, but started displaying it around 2007. He also published a book of drawings in 2008, The Drawn Blank Series.
Along with the book, the book publisher will also release an unabridged audiobook version of the memoir Chronicles: Volume 1, narrated by Sean Penn. Currently, only an abridged audio version of the book is available.
