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Derf Backderf

on Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio

Virtual | Book Signing

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Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio panel depicting the Kent State shooting

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Sep 08, 2020 7:00 PM

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We’re excited to present a live online conversation and book signing with best-selling cartoonist and Ohio State alum Derf Backderf in conjunction with the release of his latest extraordinary work Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio.

For this event, Derf will answer questions on the Wex's Facebook page while signing copies of his new work. You can purchase your copy of the book and have Derf personalize it during the event by preordering it through the Wex Store.

Preorder your copy for Derf to sign now.

On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard shot and killed unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. The event was burned into our national memory, including that of Backderf, who was 10-years-old at the time and who recalls seeing those same Guardsman patrolling his nearby hometown just days before the shooting. Using techniques similar to those employed in creating My Friend Dahmer(2012) and Trashed (2015), Backderf conducted extensive interviews and research to the explore the four young lives lost that day and the series of events that led up to the tragedy. It remains as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.

More about the book

• Interview: "We Seem to Just Be Steamrolling Toward Tragedy: An Interview with Derf Backderf," Comics Journal

Book cover for Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

Derf Backderf, photo Alain Seux

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Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, which runs October 1–4 this year. Visit the CXC website for details.

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