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The Terrible Axe-Man Of New Orleans (2010)

by Rick Geary(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1561635812 (ISBN13: 9781561635818)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

NBM Publishing

review 1: Rick Geary's art and writing are refreshingly economical. Perhaps partially because there is little information on the axe man of New Orleans, Geary uses very few words, and very carefully composed panels to make up for/infer spookiness from the dearth of text. I also appreciate his liberal use of maps and “photographs”. This may be true with other non-fiction comics that mimic documentary styles, but I still appreciated it quite a bit here. This effect of using only a few live panels and quite a few charts and still life panels enhanced the story's true-crime creepiness for me. I read it right before I went to bed and had to read a bit of something else before I could get to sleep.
review 2: Do you remember the old dime-store novels that our grandpare... morents (or the penny ones from our great-grandparents?) that told the story of some legend or gruesome murder?This is that kind of series.This is the first I have read of this series, but each is a stand-alone tale... a 'true crime' novel with those scratched out black and white illustrations that feed so well into our concious mind and dig around with the LACK of gruesome detail, so our unconcious mind fills it in.This particular novel concerned the tale of a series of axe-murders in New Orleans in 1918 and 1919, which were ultimately unsolved... I really enjoyed the book, because it harkened back to those dime store books and the slight exploitation of our own inner fears... everyone fears /something/. These books are written in just such a way as to tell the facts, and just the facts... but tickle at your own worry of what COULD have been.After all, serial murderers exist in every era, don't they. ARE we safe, Really? EVER? less

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