When Debbie Harry was being raised in Hawthorne (Passaic County), sure, she thought about being a rock star. Never once did she think of being a Comic Book Hero. But in 2023, out came Blondie: Against The Odds, a hardcover comic book, or Hardcover Graphic Novel as they’re calling it. Written by a team of 10 writers, illustrated by 13 graphic artists, in honor of the band’s 50^th Anniversary, Harry loved it because, as she said at the time, “one of the things that brought us all together as a band was comics and comic art. No matter how you slice it, Blondie has its roots deep into the genre.”

On March 25, at Joe’s Pub in New York City, the original lineup of The Pretty Babies will reconvene, performing Blondie’s breakthrough 1978 third album, Parallel Lines, in its entirety.

The first Blondie album, Blondie, came out 49 years ago in 1976. The last Blondie album, Pollinator, came out eight years ago in 2017. Debbie Harry—the former model and Playboy Bunny born in Miami and raised here in Hawthorne (Passaic County)—will be 80 this summer. Blondie