{"product_id":"the-second-fake-death-of-eddie-campbell-the-fate-of-the-artist-9781603095242","title":"The Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell \u0026 the Fate of the Artist","description":"\u003cb\u003eEddie Campbell is not himself. But these days, who is? It's meta-fictional mystery and mischief as the award-winning artist of \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to find his own imposter. \u003cbr\u003ePlus, on the flipside: a deluxe new presentation of \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, Eddie Campbell's classic work of graphic meta-memoir!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSIDE A: \u003ci\u003eThe Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e, by Eddie Campbell, is a spiritual sequel to his acclaimed graphic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, 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'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 -- interspersed with Campbell's trademark wry anecdotes, dreams, parodic pastiches, and pandemic peccadilloes -- 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSIDE B: \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Artist\u003c\/i\u003e In an autobiography, the author and the subject are the same person... but now they've both gone missing. \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Artist\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlec\u003c\/i\u003e presents a complex, caustic, and fiendishly clever meditation on the lonely life of the artist and the busy life that swirls around him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEddie Campbell has been making a living from comics since the 1980s. He is best known as the artist of \u003ci\u003eFrom Hell\u003c\/i\u003e (with Alan Moore), and made a splash with \u003ci\u003eBacchus\u003c\/i\u003e, whose monthly comic ran for 60 issues. His semi-autobiographical concoctions however form his favorite strain of his own work. The former material was gathered in \u003ci\u003eAlec: The Years Have Pants\u003c\/i\u003e, all except the full color book \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of the Artist\u003c\/i\u003e and the all-new \u003ci\u003eThe Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Top Shelf Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641877074194,"sku":"9781603095242","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19599331-98e7-4be7-8bae-0b892a531720.jpg?v=1733043855","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-second-fake-death-of-eddie-campbell-the-fate-of-the-artist-9781603095242","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}