The Fate of the Artist

In The Fate of the Artist (2006–present, First Second), Eddie Campbell turns a critical eye inward, crafting a single-issue graphic novel that blends his own collage work with Hayley Campbell's photography to deconstruct the very idea of the public cartoonist. This metafictional mystery—where the author himself goes missing—matters as a singular, experimental statement from the creator of From Hell, using mixed media to explore identity and the gaps between the artist and his work.