Genesis of an American Hell

Backderf is an offshoot of the US alternative comic, a kind of Charles Burns geometric feature revealing disembodied characters, like bundled up in their housing, dune ectoplasm America without glory. This style dispenses the precise contours of the color perfectly in terms of the depth of history, and his youthful appearance allows to distance the blackness beneath.

From end to end the player is drawn into the story disturbing (and genuine) of this strange boy whose every gesture made and resonates with his terrible serial killer quaucun fate of his relatives, teachers and friends, knew navaient guess in the coasting . At the time, Jeff Dahmer was just the air of a child a bit special and secret, yet sy anyone would be interested more closely could see that all the elements were in place for an announced massacre his attraction to dead animals, his zombie wandering lonely, his chronic alcoholism, his depressed mother, high conflict between parents before their divorce, his sudden dépileptiques cries, her demented pantomime that made him a mascot in his high school! But of course, nobody ever Nimagine quune knowledge or loved can contain a potential killer. Dailleurs, the scene of the author of reunion with two of his former comrades after many years is very telling. When it evokes Dahmer suggesting its probable conversion into serial killer, their only reaction is déclater laughing as one man (very brave confession it must be said).

Derf Backderf carries a fair look, not trying to accuse anyone or fall into auto-guilt. Clear customs without his "friend" Dahmer his vile acts, it simply strives to understand how this atypical classmate could become "the monster of Milwaukee." Drawing on his own memories, but also testimonies, articles and documents from the FBI, he paints a vivid picture of the future killer since his college until his first crime. No voyeurism here Backderf's approach is intended to be both factual and introspective. But it is also remarkable in that it helps the reader, suggesting more quen pointing the causes, check quon does not become such a monster quite by chance. All this makes "My Friend Dahmer" an exciting and compelling one-shot in my opinion.