Today’s links Hugh D’Andrade’s “The Murder Next Door”: A graphic memoir. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Colophon: All the rest. Hugh D’Andrade’s “The Murder Next Door” (permalink) Hugh D’Andrade is a brilliant visual communicator, the art director responsible for the look-and-feel of EFF’s website. He’s also haunted by a murder – the killing of the mother of his childhood playmates, which cast a long, long shadow over his life, as he recounts in his debut graphic novel, The Murder Next Door: https://www.streetnoisebooks.com/the-murder-next-door-a-graphic-memoir In 1978, Hugh was a normal ten year old, always drawing and obsessed with riding his dirt bike around his quiet suburban neighborhood. The brothers next door, Derek and Ari, were his constant playmates. One day, he came home from school to find them standing on the lawn. The brothers were crying, arguing. When Hugh asked them what was going on, Derek said there was a dead body in their house, then Ari quickly said, “It’s someone else, Derek, it’s not her.” Ari insisted that it was their mother. As they argued, Derek told Hugh to go inside and look for himself. That’s how he found the dead body of his next door neighbor. This became the defining moment of Hugh’s life. For the rest of his life, he felt like…Pluralistic: Hugh D'Andrade's "The Murder Next Door" (10 Feb 2025)