Leonard Cohen: On the Wire is a graphic biography of one of the greatest singing poets of the 20th century, whose deep and sensual voice is instantly recognizable. Canadian artist Philippe Girard pays tribute to this legendary singer of love and death and invites the reader to join Cohen in experiencing the most significant events in the musician's life: abandoning the family business and choosing the path of a poet, recording his first album at age thirty, losing the rights to the song 'Suzanne' and the rise of Hallelujah covers, fateful encounters with Janis Joplin, Lou Reed, and Phil Spector, the deceptions of unscrupulous agents, near-bankruptcy, and the sudden rise of his career at age seventy.