DID YOU HEAR WHAT EDDIE GEIN DONE?
Published by Albatross Funnybooks
Written by: Eric Powell, Harold Schechter
Illustrated by: Eric Powell
ISBN: 9781949889048
Price: $29.99
Ages: 16 and up
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction / Crime & Mystery / True Crime / Murder / Serial Killers
Page Count: 224 pages
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: August 24, 2021
One of the greats in the field of true crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Killer Files, Hell’s Princess), teams with five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously deranged serial killers in American history, Ed Gein.
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to the creation of the necrophile who haunted the dreams of 1950s America and inspired such films as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.
Painstakingly researched and illustrated, Schechter and Powell’s true crime graphic novel takes the Gein story out of the realms of exploitation and gives the reader a fact-based dramatization of these tragic, psychotic and heartbreaking events. Because, in this case, the truth needs no embellishment to be horrifying.
Key Selling Points
- Collaboration between legendary true-crime author, Harold Schechter and five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell.
- An in depth history of the life and crimes of one of the most notorious killers in American history who inspired the films Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs, Ed Gein.
About the Creator(s)
ERIC POWELL is a writer and artist from Nashville, Tennessee, who has contributed work for every major publisher in the comics industry. Powell has spent his career creating and promoting the validity and importance of creator-owned comics, including his own critically acclaimed series The Goon, which launched in 1999 and quickly became an indie hit with a die-hard cult following. In collaboration with renowned filmmaker David Fincher and directors Tim Miller and Jeff Fowler of Blur Studio, Powell is now working to bring The Goon to life on the big screen as an animated feature film.
HAROLD SCHECHTER is a professor of American literature and culture. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. He is also the author of Nevermore and The Hum Bug, the acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe. He lives in New York State.
Advanced Praise
“Nightmarish.” ― PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“It is fantastic! Not only is Eric Powell’s art on point, but Harold Schechter introduces some new ideas about Ed Gein that have never been heard.” — THE LAST PODCAST ON THE LEFT
“Painstakingly researched.” ― HORROR DNA
“As extensively researched as the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell Jack the Ripper graphic novel From Hell, “Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?” is a masterpiece of the form, standing as the best possible dramatization of Ed Gein’s tale in any medium.” —BLOODY DISGUSTING
“This is a new true crime comics essential.” — SYFY WIRE
“As extensively researched as the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell Jack the Ripper graphic novel From Hell, ”Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?” is a masterpiece of the form, standing as the best possible dramatization of Ed Gein’s tale in any medium.” ― BLOODY DISGUSTING
News Coverage
PreviewsWorld Comic Talk Interview with Eric Powell & Harold Schechter
Diamond Books Interview with Eric Powell & Harold Schechter
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