“My Friend Dahmer”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

My Friend Dahmer is a 2012 graphic novel and memoir by artist John "Derf" Backderf about his teenage friendship with Jeffrey Dahmer, who later became a serial killer.

Plot

The novel depicts the author's teenage friendship with Jeffrey Dahmer, who later became a serial killer, during his time at Eastview Junior High and Revere High School. The story follows Dahmer from age 12 up to, but not including, his first murder, two weeks after high school graduation.

Backderf, while not excusing or forgiving Dahmer's crimes, presents an empathetic portrait of Dahmer as a lonely young man tormented by inner demons, ridiculed by bullies at school, and neglected by the adults in his life.^[1] The graphic novel recalls Dahmer's isolation, his binge drinking, his bizarre behavior to get attention, and his disturbing fascination with roadkill.^[2] Derf and his friends encouraged Dahmer to act out, including faking epileptic seizures in school and the mall and pretending to have cerebral palsy.^[3]

Creation

My Friend Dahmer is the culmination of a comic book project first started in 1994, shortly after Jeffrey Dahmer was murdered in prison. Derf's first Dahmer story appeared in Zero Zero #18 (Fantagraphics, July 1997). Derf pitched the project as a 100-page graphic novel, but failed to find a publisher. He then self-published a scaled-back, 24-page My Friend Dahmer in 2002.

The success that came with the 24-page version spurred Derf to create the 224 page version after 6 years of stalling. The 224-page version was published in 2012; Derf felt that he hadn't done the project justice in the 24-page version.^[4]

Style

One of Derf's techniques was drawing Dahmer in shadow as a representation of his personality.

Adaptations

The original self-published comic book was adapted and staged as a one-act play by the NYU Theater Department.

The novel was adapted into a film in 2017, directed by Marc Meyers and starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer. In May 2017, it was announced FilmRise had acquired all North American rights to the film version of My Friend Dahmer.^[5] It was announced by FilmRise that My Friend Dahmer would be released in theaters on November 3, 2017.^[6]

Reception and awards

The final 224-page version was nominated for an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel.^[8]

It also was nominated for a Harvey Award^[9] and a Rueben Award^[10] and received an Angoulême Award.^[11]

References

1. ^{{cite news|first=Andy|last=Newman|title=Drawing Jeffrey Dahmer|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/arts/review.asp?rid=5110|newspaper=Boston City Paper|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=May 1, 2002|dead-url=yes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406194157/http://www2.citypaper.com/arts/review.asp?rid=5110|archive-date=April 6, 2012| accessdate=May 21, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite magazine|first=Lev|last=Grossman|authorlink=Lev Grossman|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/03/28/my-friend-dahmer-the-unspeakable-horror-of-life-in-the-1970s/|title=My Friend Dahmer: The Unspeakable Horror of Life in the 1970s|magazine=Time Magazine|publisher=Meredith Corporation|location=New York City|date=March 28, 2012|accessdate=May 21, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.derfcity.com/crap/jd2.html |title=Young Jeffrey Dahmer |accessdate=August 27, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024042431/http://www.derfcity.com/crap/jd2.html |archivedate=October 24, 2008 |df= }}, p. 2
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicextra.com/my-friend-dahmer/chapter-Full/201|title=My Friend Dahmer #Full - Read My Friend Dahmer Issue #Full Page 201|website=Comicextra|access-date=2017-12-20}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.screamhorrormag.com/filmrise-pick-serial-killer-biopic-friend-dahmer/|title=FilmRise Pick Up Serial Killer Biopic My Friend Dahmer |work=SCREAM: The Horror Magazine|date=16 May 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|first=Nikki|last=Delamotte|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/05/my_friend_dahmer_movie_based_o_1.html|title='My Friend Dahmer,' movie based on Cleveland artist John 'Derf' Backderf's graphic novel, to open in theaters this fall|website=cleveland.com|date=May 16, 2017}}
7. ^{{cite magazine|first=Lev|last=Grossman|authorlink=Lev Grossman|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/03/28/my-friend-dahmer-the-unspeakable-horror-of-life-in-the-1970s/|title=My Friend Dahmer: The Unspeakable Horror of Life in the 1970s|magazine=Time|publisher=Meredith Corporation|location=New York City|date=March 28, 2012|accessdate=May 21, 2017}}
8. ^"[https://web.archive.org/web/20121008204238/http://www.spxpo.com/ignatz-awards 2012 Ignatz Awards]", spxpo.com/ignatz-awards, archived on the Internet Archive 8 October 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
9. ^{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Cavna|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/2013-harvey-award-noms-chris-ware-saga-among-top-nominees/2013/07/15/e4d06188-ed7a-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_blog.html|title=2013 HARVEY AWARD NOMS: Chris Ware, 'Saga' among top nominees|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington DC|date=July 15, 2013|accessdate=October 19, 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.reuben.org/2013/03/2012-divisional-award-nominees-annouced/|title=2012 Divisional Award Nominees Announced|website=reuben.org|publisher=National Cartoonists Society|location=Winter Park, Florida|date=March 26, 2013|accessdate=October 19, 2018}}
11. ^{{cite news|first=Joanna|last=Connors|url=https://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2014/02/bill_watterson_and_derf_backde.html|title=Bill Watterson and Derf Backderf win major awards in France at the biggest comic-con in the world, Angouleme Comics Festival|newspaper=The Cleveland Plain Dealer|publisher=Advance Publications|location=Cleveland, Ohio|date=February 4, 2014|accessdate=October 19, 2018|via=cleveland.com}}