A work of non-fiction, it tells the story of the early days of the band and how it emerged as part of the San Francisco music scene amid the counterculture of the 1960s.

It includes an LP record of the Grateful Dead performing at the Fillmore West in San Francisco on August 21, 1968.

His layouts are great, as they flow nicely and have an interesting vibe to them – they move along in a structure, but when the musical scenes happen, the panels get bigger and livelier.

"[10] In The Comics Journal, Tegan O'Neil wrote, "Coming to the book from the perspective of someone with, if we're being blunt, pretty much zero desire to ever again have to think about the Grateful Dead, it was a very pleasantly readable narrative.... [Noah Van Sciver's] pen is extraordinarily expressive....

Written by Chris Miskiewicz, the book flows pretty well considering how choppy these kind of biopic projects can read in comics form....