Derf April 18 Akron-Summit Library speaker

John Backderf, staff artist-cartoonist for the Plain Dealer from 1986-89 and for the Beacon Journal from 1990-1999, will talk at the April 18 Main Event Speaker Series of the Akron-Summit County Library at the main library, 60 South High Street.

The Richfield native and Ohio State graduate will discuss his new book, "My Friend Dahmer," as in serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Derf's classmate in their junior high days in Bath and in Revere High School.

Derf's comic strip, "The City," first appeared in The Cleveland Edition in 1990. Today it's in Cleveland Scene and more than 100 weekly papers. He has a ton of awards for his work.

For previous BJ Alums blog articles on Derf, click on the headline.