From Akron & Beyond Podcast

From Punk to Paris - Award Winning Graphic Novelist John Derf Backderf, Part 1


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Nick and Bob welcome in the new year with an expansive two-part interview with Akron’s own Derf Backderf!


In these episodes, we do a deep dive into Derf’s youth in Richfield, his pursuit of art as a career, working as a comic artist for newspapers and magazines, his popular strip “The City”, on through his breakthrough as an internationally successful graphic novelist.

Amongst other topics, we discuss “Punk Rock and Trailer Parks”, “Trashed”, Derf’s life-changing “My Friend Dahmer”, the acclaimed “Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio”, and get a sneak peek at his forthcoming epic project….

The Bank, press rooms, controversies, health challenges, his working methods - It’s all here, in Derf’s most extensive interview yet.  Don’t miss this one!


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