Tag: Derf Backderf
Cartoonist’s death inspires #ComicsBrokeMe hashtag and a call for better working conditions
After the untimely death of cartoonist Ian McGinty, comics workers called for better pay and working conditions as they reported instances of overwork and trauma via the hashtag #ComicsBrokeMe
CON NEWS ROUNDUP: CXC 2023 announces lineup and poster; LICAF international guest list grows
Daniel Clowes, Raina Telgemeier, and Keito Gaku for CXC 2023 and LICAF adds more international names to their late September lineup
Angoulême Memories: Creators recall their favorite moments at the festival
Angoulême's fiftieth anniversary is here. We conducted a survey asking international pros in the comics space for their memories and we bring them all for your reading pleasure.
Derf Backderf offered a masterclass on the creative process at this year’s MoCCA Fest
Filling in the blanks of unseen history.
Letterer Appreciation Day ’21: 17 of Our Favorite Letterers
The staff of The Beat takes a moment to express our appreciation for some of our favorite letterers.
WONDERCON ’21: Four acclaimed creators talk COVID, current affairs, and history repeating
Creators Darrin Bell, Nate Powell, Thi Bui, and Derf Backderf do a deep dive on their experiences making political comics.
Release and tour for Derf’s Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio postponed to September
And here's an exclusive preview of what will be one of the year's top graphic novels.
Derf’s KENT STATE: FOUR DEAD IN OHIO Scheduled for 2020 Release
Abrams ComicArts will publish Derf Backderf’s KENT STATE: FOUR DEAD IN OHIO in 2020.
UPGRADE SOUL Optioned By Producer Of MY FRIEND DAHMER
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ezra Claytan Daniels' graphic novel Upgrade Soul has been optioned by Aperture Entertainment and Adam Goldworm, producer of the film adaptation of Derf Backderf's My Friend Dahmer.
The graphic novel, due...
My Friend Dahmer Trailer is released
https://youtu.be/SpMhnqnbh0g
My Friend Dahmer, directed by Marc Meyer and based on Derf Backderf's acclaimed graphic novel, has been one of the under the radar comic book movies of the year - but also one of...
CXC 2017 in Columbus announces 24 guests including Pilkey, Walden and DeConnick
CXC, the ambitious third year comics festival located in Columbus, OH, just announced its 2017 guest list, 24 creators from an eclectic swath of the comics world; I picked three names in the headline to express that,...
A year of free comics: Derf’s Punk Odyssey
To experience the work of Derf Backderf is to be transported into the mind of a voracious lover of the comics medium. As someone who didn’t read comics closely growing up and only started...
