Episode 8: Murder Media Comics: Bleeding off the page.

This week Stella tackles true crime comics: graphic novels that tell tales of murder. First looking at Maids by Katie Skelly, the story of the Papin sisters and their brutal murder of their employers; then The Butcher of Paris written by Stephanie Phillips, which tells the unbelievable story of serial killer Marcel Petiot, a monstrous man who used the desperation of those fleeing Nazi occupied France to his advantage. And finally, Becoming Unbecoming by Una, a heartbreaking, poignant yet sadly recognisible to many, story of growing up in the shadow of the Yorkshire Ripper. 

 

Sources used in this episode: 

Hutcheon, L. (2006). A Theory of Adaptation. Taylor & Francie Group

McCloud, S. (1993). Understanding Comics. Harper Collins

Mee, L. (2022). Reanimated: The Contemporary American Horror Remake. Edinburgh University Press

 

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Music:

 

Cybertruck by Mood Maze

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