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#52 in Memoirs

#4 in Serial Killers True Accounts books

#10 in Biographies & History Graphic Novels

12 reviews of this product found across Reddit:

I remember about a decade ago I had a friend who was one of those weird serial killer fascination girls. Which like, I get it a little. I like watching documentaries on cults and narrations of creepypasta on the treadmill. But she tracked down like a fan comic on Jeffrey Dahmer, My friend Dahmer, which took it to a whole new level of wtf for me.

Like, learning about serial killers is I think sort of a sick curiousity. Trying to make them sympathetic or like, stanning them is where it gets weird.

I seen some special on TV about Dahmer maybe last month or so it mentioned a highschool friend wrote a comic book about it called My friend Dahmer...Seemed interesting so I just downloaded it and I read a few pages of it and I was thinking they could make a film about this except it's kind of glorifying a serial killer...but hey people are into it apparently...so I was about to post it here but seen you posted this about a Film of the same name it must be based on..

The comic (book) https://www.amazon.com/My-Friend-Dahmer-Derf-Backderf/dp/1419702173

I´d like to reccomend: https://www.amazon.com/My-Friend-Dahmer-Derf-Backderf/dp/1419702173

My feeling is that he lacked the sadistic motivation many serial killers are driven by. He had,I think; a longing to be loved and to have someone to love. He couldn´t stand being left and killing became a perverted way to avoid loneliness.

Part of the reason he couldn't explain what he did, and part of the reason he was deemed not insane in his verdict, was because he was a severe alcoholic. Had been since high school. He didn't remember most of what he did. It's almost a literal Jekyll and Hyde situation. Being drunk was the only way that he could commit the crimes, because when he was sober he knew what he had done was bad as opposed to a Ted Bundy or Jon Gacy who believed they had done nothing wrong. He is one of the few that had genuine remorse and, I think, knew how much of a monster he was and truly hated himself for it.

There's a FANTASTIC comic about this called My Friend Dahmer by an amazing comic artist who happened to go to high school with Dahmer and was his friend for a period. Really interesting, drawn well in an interesting style but very sad and, obviously, creepy.

Serial killers are scary, right? I have this book on my wish list, I've been wanting to read it for a while. I think it sounds very interesting to read a graphic novel memoir by someone who was personally friends with uh.. the guy.

Have a Spooktacular Halloween!

Here's a amazon link mate : https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Friend-Dahmer-Derf-Backderf/dp/1419702173

I really like the Deliberate Stranger only available on DVD.

Brian Denehy was great in To Catch a Killer

Finally, I also thought that both [Dahmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahmer_(film\)) and [My friend Dahmer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Friend_Dahmer_(film\)).

The last one is a graphic novel that everyone should read. It's available in most libraries. Or you can buy it on Amazon.

How dark and twisted, exactly? Teenage horror like Christopher Pike,

or psychological thrillers like Robert Cormier,

or narrative non-fiction works such as "My Friend Dahmer", done under the pseduonym "Derf BackDerf" and which won a number of YA awards?

Just kind of curious which genre you're aming for.

Amazon, my friend

For those interested in Dahmer. https://www.amazon.com/My-Friend-Dahmer-Derf-Backderf/dp/1419702173

> Do you know if it's online? I can't seem to find it anywhere

I found the book on warez-bb.org and since it seems rare I mirrored it.

So here ya go.

edit: the Amazon page says the book is 224 pages while the file I linked to is 28 pages..so I don't know if it's the book, an early version of the book or an extract from the full book..

edit: Yup..it's a earlier version (2002), extract from the second page:

>In fact, I don't expect to make a dime off this book. I published this out of my own pocket, because, not unexpectedly, I couldn't find a publisher who was daring enough to put it out. I don't expect distributors or comic book stores will carry it. Just the title alone will provoke outrage and disgust. most people won't even give this book a chance. but I still HAD to produce it. it was gnawing at me that it was unfinished.

He went to school in NE Ohio. Interesting graphic novel that was recently published about him.