Kennedy Journalism Award for political cartooning. Backderf is quite skilled in using comics to tell this tale of a truly weird and sinister 1970s adolescent world.ĭerf Backderf is the bestselling author of Trashed and the recipient of the prestigious Robert F.
With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and readers will never forget.Ī well-told, powerful story. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche-a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. To Derf Backderf, Dahmer was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer-the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper-seared himself into the American consciousness. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek, and more! Dahmer is a 2002 American biopic horror film about the American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V.
THE BIOGRAPHICAL FILM DAHMER 2002 MOVIE
16 full-color pages of movie stills, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes photographs.
Introduction by Marc Meyers, director of the FilmRise feature film, My Friend Dahmer.This special edition of the national bestseller includes: The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.