The Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell & The Fate of the Artist

<b>Eddie Campbell is not himself. But these days who is? It&#146;s meta-fictional mystery and mischief as the award-winning artist of <i>From Hell</i> sets out to find his own imposter. <br>Plus on the flipside: a deluxe new presentation of <i>The Fate of the Artist</i> Eddie Campbell&#146;s classic work of graphic meta-memoir!</b><br><br>SIDE A: <i>The Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell</i> by Eddie Campbell is a spiritual sequel to his acclaimed graphic novel <i>The Fate of the Artist</i> in which the author was missing from his own autobiography. Many years later during an endless Covid lockdown in which everybody wears a mask and needs a haircut Eddie&#146;s wife is certain that he has been supplanted by an imposter. She hires a detective the square-jawed Royler Boom to solve the mystery. What follows &#151; interspersed with Campbell&#146;s trademark wry anecdotes dreams parodic pastiches and pandemic peccadilloes &#151;&#160;is a thrilling investigation that builds to a car chase and a violent conclusion. The author cunningly passes this off as another piece of autobiography.<br><br>SIDE B: <i>The Fate of the Artist</i>: In an autobiography the author and the subject are the same person&#133; but now they&#146;ve both gone missing. <i>The Fate of the Artist</i> is a complex weaving of different strains of invention including a mock prose detective story an imaginary Sunday comic strip a mock fumetti-style interview with the author's daughter intertwined with Campbell's beloved brand of autobiographical comic storytelling. In this deluxe reissue of a groundbreaking book the award-winning cartoonist of <i>From Hell</i> and <i>Alec</i> presents a complex caustic and fiendishly clever meditation on the lonely life of the artist and the busy life that swirls around him.