Sept 7: Live! at the Library: Kent State & Recreating History with Comics with Derf Backderf

Live! at the Library: Kent State & Recreating History with Comics with Derf Backderf

Date and Location

• When: Thursday, September 7, 2023

  6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT
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• Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - LJ 119

  10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540

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The event is free, but tickets are required, and there may be special restrictions. Click the "Get Tickets" link below for more information and to secure your ticket.

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Award-winning artist and author Derf Backderf will discuss his latest published graphic novel: "Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio." He is most famous for his graphic novels, especially "My Friend Dahmer", the international bestseller which won an Angoulême Prize, and earlier for his comic strip "The City", which appeared in a number of alternative newspapers from 1990 to 2014.

In 2006 Derf won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for cartooning, and has won awards for his other work including" Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio", which received the Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) division of the American Library Association, the 2021 Eisner Award for best reality-based work, and the 2021 Ringo Award in the same category.

This event is free, but timed-entry passes are required to enter the Library of Congress. Click the "Get Tickets" link above and select a timed-entry pass for your preferred entry time.