This new paperback edition will coincide with the release of the movie adaptation of My Friend Dahmer and will include additional bonus content from the author archives.

With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and readers will never forget. Starring: Ross Lynch Jeff Dahmer, Alex Wolff John Derf Backderf. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche-a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. Disneys Ross Lynch stars as the awkward, adolescent Jeffrey Dahmer - before he. To Derf Backderf, 'Jeff' was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides.

He is most famous for his recent graphic novels, especially My Friend Dahmer, the international bestseller which won an Angoulme Prize, and earlier for his comic strip The City, which appeared in a number of alternative newspapers from 19902014. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. John Backderf is a Eisner-award-winning American comics creator, also known as Derf Backderf. 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 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer - the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper - seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer-the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper-seared himself into the American consciousness. The basis for the motion picture from director Marc Meyers.?You only think you know this story.

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf