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My Friend Dahmer is the hauntingly original graphic novel by Derf Backderf, the award winning political cartoonist. In these pages, Backderf tries to make sense of Jeffery Dahmer, the future serial killer with whom he shared classrooms, hallways, libraries and car rides. What emerges is a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a young man struggling helplessly against the urges, some ghastly, bubbling up from the deep recesses of his psyche. The Dahmer recounted here, although universally regarded as an inhumane monster, is a lonely oddball who, in reality, is all too human. A shy kid sucked inexorably into madness while the adults in his life fail him. The crimes Dahmer committed are incredibly depraved, infamous and unforgettable, but in My Friend Dahmer, Backderf provides profound insight into how, and more important, why Jeffery Dahmer transformed from a high school loner into the most depraved serial killer since Jack the Ripper, coming as close as anyone yet has to explaining the seemingly unexplainable phenomenon of Jeffery Dahmer.

Every week we pile our rubbish out on the pavement. We go to work and when we return it’s gone. Like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Trashed, Derf Backderf’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed, award-winning national bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is a working man’s epic. An ode to the crap job of all crap jobs—but anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig can relate to this tale. Trashed takes place after Derf graduates high school, when he and his childhood pals find themselves working as garbagemen in their Midwestern hometown. Together they clean the streets of pile after pile of stinking garbage, overcoming the unique difficulties of each season and battling small-town bureaucrats and nuisances, all while trying to decide what they want to do with their lives. Interspersed are non-fiction pages that detail the history of trash, the staggering volume of garbage that is produced every day, the nuts and bolts of how our trash is disposed of beyond curbside recycling and what happens to it once it’s removed from our houses, our streets and our office buildings. Inspired by Derf’s own experiences, Trashed (like My Friend Dahmer) is a hilarious, stomach-churning, in-depth examination of this vast, unknown world, taking readers to a place they have never been before, in a way that only Derf, and comics, can.

The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer. This special edition of the national bestseller includes:Introduction by Marc Meyers, director of the FilmRise feature film, My Friend Dahmer16 full-color pages of movie stills, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes photographsNamed a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek, and more! You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer—the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper—seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, Dahmer was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche—a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and readers will never forget.

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, 4 students were killed and 9 shot and wounded. It was the day America turned guns on its own children—a shocking event burned into our national memory. A few days prior, 10-year-old Derf Backderf saw those same Guardsmen patrolling his nearby hometown, sent in by the governor to crush a trucker strike. Using the journalism skills he employed on My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, Backderf has conducted extensive interviews and research to explore the lives of these four young people and the events of those four days in May, when the country seemed on the brink of tearing apart. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, which will be published in time for the 50th anniversary of the tragedy, is a moving and troubling story about the bitter price of dissent—as relevant today as it was in 1970.

From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer, comes the Eisner and ALA/YALSA Alex Award-winning tragic and unforgettable story of the Kent State shootings, told in graphic novel form.Named a Best Book of the Year by New York Times, Forbes, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and NPR, Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio is a moving and troubling story about the bitter price of dissent—as relevant today as it was in 1970. 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 America turned guns on its own children—a shocking event burned into our national memory. The fatal shootings triggered immediate and massive outrage on campuses around the country. More than four million students participated in organized walkouts at hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools, the largest student strike in the history of the United States at that time. It was a day that shocked the nation and helped turn the tide of public opinion against America’s war in Vietnam. A few days prior, 10-year-old Derf Backderf saw those same guardsmen patrolling his nearby hometown, sent in by the governor to crush a trucker strike. Using the journalism skills he employed on My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, Backderf has conducted extensive interviews and research to explore the lives of these four young people and the events of those four days in May, when the country seemed on the brink of tearing apart. In this award-winning and powerful graphic novel, Derf Backderf takes us back to the age of the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon, Woodstock, and the Cold War and explores, in words and images, a scene of tragedy: the campus of Kent State University, where National Guard Troops attacked unarmed protestors and killed four students (Allison Beth Krause, age 19, Jeffrey Glenn Miller, age 20, Sandra Lee Scheuer, age 20, and William Knox Schroeder, age 19).

Varje vecka fyller vi våra soptunnor med avfall, som lika plötsligt töms och körs bort, utan att vi egentligen ägnar det så mycket tanke. Sopigt tar oss med på den dråpliga och märkliga färden med en amerikansk sopbil. Vi får följa med Derf Backderf och hans två kompisar som just slutat skolan och bestämt sig för att bli sopgubbar på en både absurd, humoristisk och spännande färd, samtidigt som de funderar på vad de ska göra av sina liv. Berättelsen innehåller även en mängd faktasidor om hur avfallshanteringen sköts världen över, vart de enorma mängder sopor som produceras varje dag tar vägen, och hur vi själva ser på våra sopor. Dessutom får vi en bra bild av hur vi gör i Skandinavien.John Derf Backderf (f. 1959) är annars mest känd för sin serieroman My friend Dahmer , som handlar om skolkamraten Jeffrey Dahmer som kom att bli en av USA:s värsta seriemördare någonsin. Han har erhållit Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award för bästa amerikanska politiska tecknade serie, och Bästa avslöjande serie vid internationella seriefestivalen i Angoulême. En underhållande hyllningen till det illaluktande sanningen av samhällets utveckling. Publishers Weekly, Den amerikanske drömmen är att förvandla varor till sopor så snabbt det bara går Russell Baker, Pulitzer Prize winning author

Min vän Dahmer är en serieroman om seriemördaren Jeffrey ­Dahmer, innan han blev mördare. Barndoms­vännen, tillika bokens tecknare, beskriver en störd ung man som utan framgång kämpar mot fasansfulla inre demoner. Och hur vuxenvärlden ­borde ha agerat men valde att titta bort. Derf Backderf ­förklarar hur Jeffrey Dahmer förvandlades från en nördig ton­åring till en pervers slaktare som blivit lika ökänd som Jack the Ripper. Vägen dit är uppskakande och skrämmande, men är i ­boken berättad med en stor portion svart humor. Derf Backderf kommer förmodligen så nära det är möjligt ett svar på den till synes oförklarliga gåtan Jeffrey Dahmer. Biofilm baserad på boken kommer till Sverige under 2018.

Den 4 maj 1970 sköt USA:s nationalgarde mot ­obeväpnade studenter vid Kent State University i Ohio. Sjuttiosju skott avlossades fyra studenter dog och nio skadades. Några av dem deltog i protesterna mot Vietnamkriget, medan andra bara råkade passera förbi. Vi får följa fyra unga människor, både studenter och militärer, under några dagar i maj 1970 som kommer att förändra deras liv för alltid. Kent State fyra döda i Ohio är en historisk och ­gripande skildring och bygger på ett stort käll­material och ett omfattande intervjuarbete. Boken ges ut i samband med minnesdagen 50 år efter ­massakern. Frågorna den tar upp, om det politiska spelets pris, är minst lika relevanta idag. Derf Backderf (f. 1959) har tidigare skrivit bland annat Min vän Dahmer och Sopigt.

Amerikkalainen Jeffrey Dahmer oli ihmishirviö, joka teki käsittämättömiä julmuuksia. Derf Backderfille hän oli muutakin, koulukaveri, jonka seurassa hän oli niin oppitunneilla kuin vapaa-ajallakin. Ystäväni Dahmer on hämmentävä ja kouraiseva kuvaus häiriintyneestä nuoresta miehestä. Hän kamppailee pitääkseen psyykensä syvyyksissä vellovat kalmaiset intohimot piilossa. Ujo poika, teinijuoppo, syrjäytyjä, joka ei onnistu sulautumaan joukkoon. Backderf on tarkalla näkemyksellä luonut kuvauksen siitä Jeffrey Dahmerista, jota kukaan ei oikeasti tuntenut ja jota yksikään tämän kirjan lukenut ei pysty häätämään mielestään. ”Hienosti kerrottu väkevä tarina. Backderf käyttää taidokkaasti sarjakuvan keinoja esittäessään kertomuksen hullusta ja hirvittävästä nuoruusajasta 1970-luvulla.” - Robert Crumb

Neljäs toukokuuta vuonna 1970 Kent State Universityssä kansalliskaartin sotilaat ampuivat Vietnamin sotaa vastustaneita opiskelijoita. Tappavassa tulituksessa ammuttiin 67 laukausta, joiden seurauksena neljä opiskelijaa kuoli ja yhdeksän haavoittui. Sinä päivänä Amerikka käänsi aseiden piiput kohti omia lapsiaan. Järkyttävä tapahtuma paloi pysyvästi kansakunnan muistiin.Muutamaa päivää aiemmin kymmenvuotias Derf Backderf oli nähnyt samat sotilaat partioimassa kotikaupungissaan. Kuvernööri oli lähettänyt kaartin murtamaan rahtarien lakkoa. Backderf käytti journalistisia kykyjään samoin kuin aiemmassa teoksessaan Ystäväni Dahmer, ja teki joukon laajoja haastatteluja sekä tutkimuksia selvittääkseen, millaista neljän nuoren uhrin elämä oli ennen kohtalokasta toukokuun päivää. USA vaikutti tuolloin olevan repeämäisillään, ja Kent Statessa paine purkautui traagisella tavalla.Kuinka paljon asiat ovat lopulta muuttuneet 50 vuodessa? Kent State - Neljä kuollutta Ohiossa on perusteellisella työllä ja vaivalla toteutettu, syvältä kouraiseva ja huolestuttavan ajankohtainen teos.

Every week we pile our rubbish out on the pavement. We go to work and when we return it’s gone. Like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Trashed, Derf Backderf’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed, award-winning national bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is a working man’s epic. An ode to the crap job of all crap jobs—but anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig can relate to this tale. Trashed takes place after Derf graduates high school, when he and his childhood pals find themselves working as garbagemen in their Midwestern hometown. Together they clean the streets of pile after pile of stinking garbage, overcoming the unique difficulties of each season and battling small-town bureaucrats and nuisances, all while trying to decide what they want to do with their lives. Interspersed are non-fiction pages that detail the history of trash, the staggering volume of garbage that is produced every day, the nuts and bolts of how our trash is disposed of beyond curbside recycling and what happens to it once it’s removed from our houses, our streets and our office buildings. Inspired by Derf’s own experiences, Trashed (like My Friend Dahmer) is a hilarious, stomach-churning, in-depth examination of this vast, unknown world, taking readers to a place they have never been before, in a way that only Derf, and comics, can.