The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture
starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.
This special edition of the national bestseller includes:
- Introduction by Marc Meyers, director of the FilmRise feature film,
My Friend Dahmer
- 16 full-color pages of movie stills, storyboards, and
behind-the-scenes photographs
Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology,
Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek, and more!
You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer--the most
notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper--seared himself into the
American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who
committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, Dahmer was a much
more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared
classrooms, hallways, and car rides. 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. With profound insight, what emerges is a
Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and readers will never forget.
