Derf Backderf

Kent State is a critically acclaimed work by Derf Backderf, capturing a significant event in history with profound insight and artistry. WINNER— 2021 ALA/YALSA Alex Award Winner for Teen Readers and Adult Books Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Book Ringo Award for Best Non-Fiction Comic Work ACBD Critics Award in France Backderf's work delves into the tragic events that took...

Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears—like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Trashed, Derf Backderf's follow-up to the critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is an ode to the crap job of all crap jobs—garbage collector. Anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig will relate to this...

From bestselling author Derf Backderf comes the untold story of the Kent State shootings, timed for the 50th anniversary. On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In a deadly barrage of 67 shots, four students were killed and nine shot and wounded. It was the day...

Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears - like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Trashed, Derf Backderf's follow-up to the critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is an ode to the crap job of all crap jobs - garbage collector. Anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig...