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Derf Backderf

Auteur van Mijn vriend Dahmer

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Fotografie: Derf Backderf/aka John Backderf

Werken van Derf Backderf

Mijn vriend Dahmer (2012) 1,159 exemplaren
Trashed (2015) 242 exemplaren
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio (2020) 231 exemplaren
Punk Rock and Trailer Parks (2008) 64 exemplaren
True Stories #1 (2014) 12 exemplaren
The City (2003) 7 exemplaren
True Stories #2 (2016) 5 exemplaren
True Stories #3 (2018) 2 exemplaren
True Stories #4 (2018) 2 exemplaren
True Stories (2019) 2 exemplaren
Waar gebeurd (2022) 2 exemplaren
Ghoulardi and Me 1 exemplaar
Arkadasim Dahmer (2018) 1 exemplaar
L'année des ordures (2021) 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Backderf, John
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Derf
Geboortedatum
1959-10-31
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Richfield, Ohio, USA
Opleiding
Ohio State University (B.A.)
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Cartoonist
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Two Eisner Award nominations; Best Cartoonist, Alternative Press, 2005
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, 2006

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I don’t recommend going into this book without some preexisting knowledge of the events. Once you get into the rhythm, and give up on distinguishing between all the characters, the tension builds super effectively up to the shootings.
 
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boopingaround | 10 andere besprekingen | Mar 6, 2024 |
Surprisingly compassionate and humane, while, of course, still taking pains to condemn Dahmer's crimes. Most of Backderf's anger is directed at the adults who failed to recognise the pain and problems that Dahmer was suffering as a teen. Backderf went to school with Jeffrey Dahmer, and so has an amazing insight into the man. Fascinating, painful.
 
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thisisstephenbetts | 91 andere besprekingen | Nov 25, 2023 |
This was so well told. It was well researched and seems accurate. The only thing I wish was a bit different was that it was a bit more clear who we were following at times. But this didn’t detract from the book enough to warrant any star demotion.
 
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Danielle.Desrochers | 10 andere besprekingen | Oct 10, 2023 |
Written by a man who went to high school with and was sort of a peripheral friend of teenaged Jeffrey Dahmer, this is not a particularly sympathetic portrayal of the notorious serial killer. Backderf states in the introduction, "Dahmer was a twisted wretch whose depravity was almost beyond comprehension. Pity him, but don't empathize with him."

It's a well-researched story of what it was like to be around Jeff before he became the infamous Dahmer. Jeff is portrayed as a sad kid who started drinking heavily in high school in an attempt to quiet his demons, but also as a kid who all the other kids knew was "off" for reasons other than just the drinking.

Backderf's biggest takeaway from the experience was that the adults who should have noticed Jeff's behavior either weren't there or didn't care. As he says on p. 67, with a haunting illustration of Jeff as he is becoming Dahmer, "Where were the damn adults?"
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rumbledethumps | 91 andere besprekingen | Jun 26, 2023 |

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Leden
1,731
Populariteit
#14,850
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3.8
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121
ISBNs
50
Talen
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