My Friend Dahmer ( M OV I E T I E - I N E D I T I O N ) ■ ■ BY D E R F B AC K D E R F ■ I N T R O D U C T I O N BY M A R C M E Y E R S
The national bestseller now a major motion picture S E LLING POINTS ■■ The film adaption of My Friend
MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION INCLUDES
Dahmer will be released in November 2017 ■■ Includes an introduction by
16 EXTRA PAGES PLUS DIRECTOR INTRODUCTION
director Marc Meyers and 16 pages of movie photos, including behind-the-scenes stills and storyboards
“A well-told, powerful story. Backderf is quite skilled in using comics to tell
■■ Tie-in cover featuring Ross Lynch
this tale of a truly weird and sinister
as Jeffrey Dahmer
1970s adolescent world.” —R. Crumb
■■ My Friend Dahmer was a national
“ASTOUNDING.” —Lev Grossman, Time
bestseller ■■ Won the ALA/YALSA Alex Award
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
in 2013 and 2015
Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers
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Black-and-white illustrations and 16 page color signature 240 pages, 6 × 91/4" Paperback with flaps RIGHTS: WORLD PUB MONTH: OCTOBER 2017 COMICS • BIOGRAPHY ISBN 978-1-4197-2755-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-4197-2755-9 US $19.99 CAN $23.99 51895
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his new paperback edition coincides with the release of the movie adaptation My Friend Dahmer and includes a full-color selection of
movie photos. You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer—the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper—seared himself into
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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
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original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a
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man struggling against the morbid urges emanating
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surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young 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. Derf Backderf is the bestselling author of Trashed and the recipient of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for political cartooning. His weekly comic strip, The City, appeared in more than one hundred newspapers over the past twentytwo years. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.