![]() ![]() "I feel that with true crime stories, the material is sensational enough on its own without my adding another layer of gruesomeness," Geary explained to me in February. ![]() ![]() The same can be said of his earlier works, especially The Bloody Benders and The Murder of Abraham Lincoln. Rick Geary's version is gripping and grisly precisely because it does away with extracurricular characterization and overt violence, bringing the historical tragedy's full effect into finer focus. His latest effort * The Lindbergh Child: America's Hero and the Crime of the Century *is a perfect example of this theory put into practice: It's a by-the-numbers vision of the abduction and murder of the famed aviator's baby. But the prolific comics artist has little interest in psychology or interiority, relying instead on his dispassionate pen and the public record to stir up needed drama. Edgar Hoover and the murder of Abraham Lincoln, Rick Geary has a thing for the history of violence. From Lizzie Borden and Jack the Ripper to J. ![]()
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