The Abominable Mr. Seabrook

A single-issue comic from Drawn & Quarterly, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook is a biographical work by writer-artist Joe Ollmann that examines the life and legacy of the eccentric, influential, and often ethically questionable American journalist and explorer William Seabrook. Ollmann’s detailed, expressive art and measured storytelling bring to light Seabrook’s controversial career, from his sensationalized travelogues to his troubling firsthand accounts of cannibalism and his later battles with alcoholism. It stands as a thoughtful, unsettling portrait of a man whose work both shaped and exploited early 20th-century public fascination with the exotic and macabre.