Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

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Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

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But trust me, you will need a strong stomach to read this, unless of course you are one of the hardened True Crime aficionados. He’s also tremendous at capturing faces and body language, and the characters here would be memorable even without dialogue. I felt it didn’t have the engrossing story elements with intrigue, suspense making you curious to see what happens next, or any kinda of hook drawing you in. So many stories have been based on Gein and they’re each disturbing in their own right but you can’t get more disturbed than the original. It’s a good comic that gives us a deep look into what most likely happened to Ed Gein that made him a monster.

Not because the book was bad, by far the opposite, but because of the horrifying reality of what Ed Gein did.Perhaps out of reverence for the victims and the immensity of sadness surrounding the subject matter, the art in this book is some of Powell’s most considered and careful work, and the result is a masterpiece. 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, heartbreaking and psychotic events. Then, they cover Gein's childhood under the thumb of his puritanical, misogynistic, and violently oppressive mother; the investigation into his crimes; and the trial that led to his lifelong incarceration. I trust as a society, we’re doing a better job of identifying at risk people and giving them the help they need as a child. Behind every piece of horror fiction, there is a creative, leaning back in their chair and asking, “wouldn’t it be outrageous if…?

Rating 7: A pretty comprehensive (and therefore deeply disturbing and depressing) history of Ed Gein and his crimes, though the format felt at times unnecessary. This book delves deep into a backstory of a ruthless, overbearing mother whom young Ed worshipped despite her viciousness, as well as a violent household filled with tragedy and forced ostracism. Powell does such a good job making Plainfield just a dull little farming town in the middle of nowhere, and all the people seem nice (although we know that just because they’re “boring” doesn’t make them “nice”), so Gein’s crimes have a huge impact on them, and Powell shows that well. But Schechter and Powell don’t show everything, so our imagination takes over, which is never a bad thing, and we make it worse.

Book Description: 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 murderers in American history, Ed Gein. I was taught from a young age that spreading rumors was a sin, but, like many of the venial sins, there is a satisfaction to committing it. Gein è uno di quei poveri mostri generati dalla società che, esattamente come Jeffery Dhamer, andrebbero studiati per capire molte, molte cose. His newest book, The Mad Sculptor, (about a sensational triple murder at Beekman Place in New York City in 1937) will be published in February 2014.

The father dies in 1940 and a few years later Henry (perhaps killed by his brother), leaving Eddie happily alone with his mother. For this graphic novel, he keeps the horror but switches to non-fiction: the story of Eddie Gein, told by Harold Schechter, a professor who specializes in writing about serial killers. In 2016 Eric rededicated himself in earnest to his publishing company, ALBATROSS FUNNYBOOKS, and launched his new fantasy series HILLBILLY, his kid's horror anthology SPOOK HOUSE, as well as other creator owned titles. Powell makes Augusta a forbidding, slab of a woman, and we can easily believe she dominates both her husband and her son, and he does a nice job showing Ed as completely deferential to her but still struggling with a hatred for her.I don’t think of Gein as monster, certainly not in comparison to sadistic lust-murderers like Albert Fish, John Wayne Gacy, or Ted Bundy. His depictions of Ed Gein’s dippy eye, Hitchcock’s Droopy jowels, and the incongruous features of the townsfolk of Plainview are charming in the light. Can we say, then, that evil is a universal feature we are born with, and that there isn’t much we can do to stop it, unless we work as a society to find the deranged elements and confine them in a place where they cannot harm anybody? Of course, Ed Gein – lonely, battered, pathetic, almost pitiable, working his dark craft in an empty house on a frigid plain in central Wisconsin – was no Charlie Manson. A recommended read for horror and true crime fans alike, but avoid avoid avoid for the casual reader.

Some people have a touch of caricature to them, such as Gein’s droopy eye and in later pictures, the townspeople sharing their recollections seem exaggerated.In the end, the Gein we are being presented with in this superb novel is not a character we can understand, at least not regarding the motives behind his abhorrent conduct.



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