Mike McCready, guitarist for Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, and Mad Season, has teamed up with Z2 to release the original graphic novel and "lost" rock opera, Mike McCready’s Farewell to Seasons Developed over the last 20 years, McCready’s story captures the drive and sense of community that forged the powerful backbone of the Seattle music scene of the 1980s, as their world changed forever with the explosion of grunge in the ‘90s Farewell to Seasons unflinchingly shows the brutal cost it had for so many artists and musicians as it captures the lived experience of that seminal era The glory and the heartbreak as it asks the unanswerable question… was it worth it? This Deluxe Edition comes packaged in a protective slipcase and includes a limited edition vinyl soundtrack of new and original songs, created by Mike McCready to serve as an artifact recording produced by the lead character, David Williams