Homicide

The Graphic Novel, Part One

David Simon, Philippe Squarzoni

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FIRST SECOND
27 December 2023

True crime; Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction; Sexual abuse & harassment; Graphic Novel

Homicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned in this first volume of a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology.

In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were common. Only the most heinous cases stood out-chief amongst them, the rape and murder of eleven-year-old Latonya Wallace.

Originally published in 1991, Simon's Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show Homicide: Life on the Streets and inspired HBO's The Wire. Now, this true-crime classic is reimagined as a gritty two-part graphic novel series.

By: David Simon
Illustrated by: Philippe Squarzoni
Imprint: FIRST SECOND
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 853g
ISBN: 9781250624628
ISBN 10: 1250624622
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 27 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Philippe Squarzoni spent most of his childhood in Ardèche and the island of Réunion, France. He has traveled internationally to participate in several humanitarian and anti-war campaigns. The author of many political graphic novels, his work includes Garduno, en temps de paix, Zapata, en temps de guerre, Dol, Un après-midi un peu couvert, and Saison brune, which received the Jury Prize at the Festival de Lyon and the Prix Léon de Rosen from the Académie française for its contribution to environmental awareness. Saison brune was later published in English as Climate Changed: A Personal Journey Through the Science. David Simon is a Baltimore-based journalist, author, and television producer. A former crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, he is the creator of the celebrated HBO series The Wire, which depicts the political and socioeconomic fissures in an American city. His other television credits include the NBC drama Homicide and HBO's The Corner, Generation Kill, Treme, Show Me a Hero, The Deuce, and The Plot Against America. The author of the narrative nonfiction books Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, Simon is a 2010 MacArthur Fellow.

Reviews for Homicide: The Graphic Novel, Part One

"""The illustrated book from French graphic novelist Philippe Squarzoni, published this week--as adapted from the original in consultation with [David] Simon--is as beautifully stark as the hard-boiled Hollywood adaptations of another former Baltimore Sun reporter, legendary noir author James M. Cain."" --The Washington Post ""A stark, arresting graphic novel that weds Simon's account of facts and police personalities (alongside ample use of the quoted dialogue he preserved as well as his own descriptive prose) to visual and storytelling techniques somewhat reminiscent of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Andreyko's Torso: an unflinching depiction of a city at its darkest, conveyed in deep shadows and shades of gray."" --Popverse"