Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

Eric Powell

• 24 augustus 2021
• 9781949889048

Samenvatting:

“It is fantastic! Not only is Eric Powell's art on point, but HaroldSchechter introduces some new ideas about Ed Gein that have never beenheard.” - THE LAST PODCAST ON THELEFT

“A natural choice fortrue-crimefans.”?BOOKLIST

“Asextensively researched as the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell Jack the Ripper graphicnovel From Hell, ”Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?” is amasterpiece of the form, standing as the best possible dramatization of EdGein's tale in any medium.”?BLOODYDISGUSTING

“This is a newtrue crime comics essential.”?SYFY WIRE

One of thegreats in the field of true crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, TheSerial Killer Files, Hell's Princess), teams with five-time EisnerAward-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans,Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously derangedserial killers in American history, Ed Gein.

Did You Hear What EddieGein Done? is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to thecreation of the necrophile who haunted the dreams of 1950s America and inspiredsuch films as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence ofthe Lambs.

Painstakingly researched and illustrated, Schechter andPowell's true crime graphic novel takes the Gein story out of the realms ofexploitation and gives the reader a fact-based dramatization of these tragic,psychotic and heartbreaking events. Because, in this case, the truth needs noembellishment to be horrifying.