Derf, Batiuk at KSU Comics Festival

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