My Friend Dahmer : A Graphic Novel (Paperback)

from Stahl-Ricco

My friend Jen gave me this to read, and I'm glad that she did! I'll admit that it was a little strange - reading a "real" story about a serial killer, in comic book form! But it works, and the story is worth it! Dahmer's story in here is a sad one, but certainly not an excuse. More, an understand...

from District13

Interesting GN from the perspective of a former high school classmate of Jeffrey Dahmer. Pretty sad considering that Dahmer may have been different if someone had taken any interest in his aimless soul. I love the writing style, very different from any other GN I have read.

from krau0098

Series Info/Source: This is a stand alone book that I got from the library. Story (4/5): This was a weird one. It's basically written by a guy who went to school with Dahmer and talks about Dahmer's interactions with his classmates and his home life. This is a graphic novel I always thought looke...

from DeweyEver

Backderf uses his unusual perspective of having been friends with future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in high school to paint a portrait of Dahmer's teen life and downward spiral into madness. Backderf is careful to state that he pities Dahmer's difficult life only up to his first murder, at whic...

from EBT1002

If you had gone to high school with Jeffrey Dahmer, had sat next to him in class and hung out with him at the mall, if you had met his mother, wouldn't you want to write about it? Especially if you're an artist and a writer? This is an interesting graphic memoir, exploring the junior high (as we ...