Edible Secrets: A Food Tour of Classified U.S. History

Breaking new ground in the Fred Hampton case thirty years later, the authors' original research traces Hampton's path to radicalism for an ice cream robbery pinned on him plus solves the whodunnit thirty years later. More than 500,000 declassified memos, debriefings, and transcripts were combed, contextualized, and graphically narrated with food as a theme in this collection. Providing a voyeuristic insight into the U.S. government, these documents are like reality TV for politicos and foodies alike.

Michael Hoerger is a freelance graphic designer and independent researcher. Mia Partlow is a writer who works in radio. They are the authors of The Curious Case of the Communist Jell-o Box and live in Bloomington, Indiana.

Nate Powell is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978. He is an Eisner winner for best graphic novel and finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His work includes the critically acclaimed March, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Year of the Beasts, The Silence of Our Friends, and Sounds of Your Name. Powell appeared at the United Nations in 2011, discussing his contribution to the fundraising fiction anthology What You Wish For: A Book For Darfur alongside some of the world’s foremost writers of young adult fiction. He managed DIY punk record label Harlan Records for 16 years, and has performed in the bands Universe, Divorce Chord, Soophie Nun Squad, Wait, and Boomfancy. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.