Dr. Werthless HC
From the creative team behind the award-winning Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? comes an examination of one of the most polarizing figures in pop culture, Dr. Fredric Wertham. Reviled by comic book fans as a witch-hunting zealot who stirred up a panic among the parents of America for his own self-promoting purposes, he was also a renowned psychiatrists who, among other accomplishments, opened a clinic in Harlem for disadvantaged African-American patients and played an important role in the desegregation of the nation’s schools. Believing that murder could be abolished through a proper understanding of the mental and social roots of criminal violence, he took a genuinely humane approach to some of the most notorious homicidal maniacs of his time, while simultaneously exploiting their stories for his own commercial ends.
Acclaimed true crime author, Harold Schechter, and multiple Eisner award winning cartoonist, Eric Powell, present a graphic novel that takes an unbiased look at this flawed and enormously and complex man–whose obsessive dream of freeing the world from violence nearly murdered the comics industry.
Creators
Writer:
Harold Schechter, Eric Powell
Artist:
Eric Powell
Cover Artist:
Eric PowellGenre: Non-Fiction, Horror, Crime/Mystery
Publication Date:
July 01, 2025
Format:
FC, 200 pages; HC; 6" x 9"
Price:
$29.99
Age range:
16+
ISBN-10:
1-50674-436-2
ISBN-13:
978-1-50674-436-0
Je suis en train de le lire.
C’est dense en texte, donc très immersif.
Et comme les auteurs ne nous épargnent rien quant aux turpitudes du cas Albert Fish, qui a été important dans la carrière de Wertham, c’est assez éprouvant.
Un sacré bouquin, fort et oppressant.
Jim