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In Eddie (From Hell) Campbell's latest graphic novel, the author will conduct an investigation into his own sudden disappearance.

In wildly comical re-enactments of incidents from his curious life, his part will be played by an actor. With audacious literary sleight of hand, he will put words into the mouths of those who knew him. Clues will be sought in artistic blow-outs from the history of all the arts. And all the major players, even down to Monty the dog, will get their own daily strip and Sunday page in yellowed newspaper sections from an imaginary long ago.

In this creative mining of the rich resources of the comic strip language Campbell will give us a complex meditation on the lonely demands of art amid the realities of everyday life. You can read what Eddie had to say about his new work in his own words over on our FPI blog and please feel free to check out the page previews our friends at First Second Books passed on to us to share with you.

First Second Books, paperback, 192 pages, published May 2006