Monday, April 22, 2019



John Backderf
Derf graphic novel based on 1970 Kent State shootings

Former BJ artist John “Derf” Backderf will publish a “Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio” graphic novel in April 2020.

May 4, 2020 will be the 50th anniversary of the 4 killings and 9 woundings of Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard during a Vietnam War protest.

"Four dead in Ohio" is the repeated line from Neil Young’s lyrics in the anti-war “Ohio” performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

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