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| John "Derf" Backderf |
Former BJ artist John “Derf” Backderf and Tom Batiuk, who
produces “Funky Winkerbean” and “Crankshaft” comic strips with another former
BJ artist, Chuck Ayers, will give graphic story presentations at the first Kent
Comic Arts Festival Oct. 19 in the Kent State University Student Center.
Batiuk will
discuss 40 Years of Funky Winkerbean at 11 a.m. Backderf will talk about My
Friend Dahmer at noon.
There
also will be a VIP party from 7 to 10 p.m. in Kent’s Zephyr Pub
for mingling with the festival’s celebrity guests.
Kent
State graduate Batiuk spent several years as a middle
school art teacher before creating his comic strips with Ayers, a 1971 Kent
State grad.
To read Rich Heldenfels’ article on the event, click on http://www.ohio.com/the330entertainment/heldenfels/the-heldenfiles-ksu-to-hold-graphic-storytelling-festival-1.434226
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