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Derf Backderf

Paul Coker Jr.

Paul Coker Jr., 1929-2022

Andrew Farago | August 23, 2022

Hare Tonic

A Great Work Of Imagination: But All The Facts Are There, Too

R.C. Harvey | December 8, 2020

Reviews

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

Derf Backderf

Abrams ComicArts

Leonard Pierce | September 15, 2020

Trashed

Robert Kirby | February 19, 2016

Articles

“We Seem To Just Be Steamrolling Toward Tragedy.”: An Interview With Derf Backderf

Initially delayed by COVID-19, Derf Backderf’s work of graphic nonfiction Kent State arrives now, even as the lessons that its subject matter once taught America about the horrific dangers of state power seem to have been horrifically forgotten. He discusses the history behind the book and how he makes comics with Irene Velentzas.

Irene Velentzas | August 31, 2020

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