Derf Backderf
@derfbackderf.bsky.social
Maker of fine comics products, incessant scribbler, former garbageman, aging punk rocker.
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Art of Derf Backderf
Art of Derf Backderf is a new comic book length publication from Banzai Editions in France. An underground legend turned bestseller, Derf Backderf has written such essential works as Kent State, Punk ...
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Good news! You can now mailorder the import Best of Derf in the US. Fun magazine-size collection with early work, some rarities, and the favorites. In French and English. Comes with a 18x24 poster, previously unpublished, that is worth the $16 alone.
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Sunday Sunday Sunday! 11-5 at the Pivot Center on W. 25th. in balmy Cleveland. I'll be tabling after several years away, with lots of great stuff.
It's a terrific, fun show. Free to get in!
It's a terrific, fun show. Free to get in!
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sunday Sunday Sunday! 11-5 at the Pivot Center on W. 25th. in balmy Cleveland. I'll be tabling after several years away, with lots of great stuff.
It's a terrific, fun show. Free to get in!
It's a terrific, fun show. Free to get in!
This AI slop is all over social media. About 20 people have tagged me.
They all look like DeeDee. Actually they all look like Meet the Beatles. And the AI couldn't even spell "Ramones" correctly! "Riamones"?? And how about "Gabaa Gaba Hey"?
Pathetic.
They all look like DeeDee. Actually they all look like Meet the Beatles. And the AI couldn't even spell "Ramones" correctly! "Riamones"?? And how about "Gabaa Gaba Hey"?
Pathetic.
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This AI slop is all over social media. About 20 people have tagged me.
They all look like DeeDee. Actually they all look like Meet the Beatles. And the AI couldn't even spell "Ramones" correctly! "Riamones"?? And how about "Gabaa Gaba Hey"?
Pathetic.
They all look like DeeDee. Actually they all look like Meet the Beatles. And the AI couldn't even spell "Ramones" correctly! "Riamones"?? And how about "Gabaa Gaba Hey"?
Pathetic.
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This post is a nice try but it just doesn’t have the same oomph as when it was shouted from a podium in the original German.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This post is a nice try but it just doesn’t have the same oomph as when it was shouted from a podium in the original German.
Reilly would some leftovers, please.
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reilly would some leftovers, please.
Did I have hot apple pie for breakfast AND lunch today?
Why yes. Yes I did.
Why yes. Yes I did.
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Did I have hot apple pie for breakfast AND lunch today?
Why yes. Yes I did.
Why yes. Yes I did.
Hey fellow Clevos. I'll be at the fabulous Loganberry Books today, signing at 3 pm. I'll be drawing in title pages. Stop on by.
Shop local, shop indie!
Shop local, shop indie!
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Hey fellow Clevos. I'll be at the fabulous Loganberry Books today, signing at 3 pm. I'll be drawing in title pages. Stop on by.
Shop local, shop indie!
Shop local, shop indie!
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Lou Reed, Cleveland, 1973 (my 1st concert!)
Bowie, Cleveland, 1974
Ramones/ Runaways, 1977, Akron
Cramps, in a campus bar, 1979
Talking Heads, Ohio State University auditorium, 1979
Lou Reed, Cleveland, 1973 (my 1st concert!)
Bowie, Cleveland, 1974
Ramones/ Runaways, 1977, Akron
Cramps, in a campus bar, 1979
Talking Heads, Ohio State University auditorium, 1979
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Lou Reed, Cleveland, 1973 (my 1st concert!)
Bowie, Cleveland, 1974
Ramones/ Runaways, 1977, Akron
Cramps, in a campus bar, 1979
Talking Heads, Ohio State University auditorium, 1979
Lou Reed, Cleveland, 1973 (my 1st concert!)
Bowie, Cleveland, 1974
Ramones/ Runaways, 1977, Akron
Cramps, in a campus bar, 1979
Talking Heads, Ohio State University auditorium, 1979
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
I'm doomed, but hopefully he brings some great French pastry.
I'm doomed, but hopefully he brings some great French pastry.
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
I'm doomed, but hopefully he brings some great French pastry.
I'm doomed, but hopefully he brings some great French pastry.
Interesting documentary about the final decades of print production, how art was produced & prepared for publication before the Mac changed everything. All meticulously done by hand, using skills now forgotten. I experienced a decade of this world when I began my career.
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production (2017)
This film explores graphic design production from the 1950s through the 1990s, from letterpress and paste-up, to photocomposition and PDF.
tubitv.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Interesting documentary about the final decades of print production, how art was produced & prepared for publication before the Mac changed everything. All meticulously done by hand, using skills now forgotten. I experienced a decade of this world when I began my career.
Great stuff.
Great stuff.
Roy Lichtenstein is a fucking parasite who made millions— and his foundation STILL makes big bucks— off the work of comics artists. He refused to credit them, or share a penny with them.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
Roy Lichtenstein is STILL a beloved pop artist, and everyone knew from day one that his work was repurposed comic panels.
That's like saying "Andy Warhol was once a beloved pop artist but today is recognized as a man who plagiarized his pieces based on soup cans."
That was the point of Pop Art.
That's like saying "Andy Warhol was once a beloved pop artist but today is recognized as a man who plagiarized his pieces based on soup cans."
That was the point of Pop Art.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Roy Lichtenstein is a fucking parasite who made millions— and his foundation STILL makes big bucks— off the work of comics artists. He refused to credit them, or share a penny with them.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
His thievery is no different than AI scraping is now.
Almost 50 years late, I'm catching up on Taxi. Great insomnia show.
Haven't watched much of it before. Its run coincides almost perfectly with my college years. I wasn't watching tv then, because why would I? Except I remember Season 3, from when I dropped out of school & worked as a garbageman.
Haven't watched much of it before. Its run coincides almost perfectly with my college years. I wasn't watching tv then, because why would I? Except I remember Season 3, from when I dropped out of school & worked as a garbageman.
On this day in television history:
Taxi
released on September 12, 1978, and ran for five seasons, until June 15, 1983.
Theme by Bob James.
Cast: Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Lloyd, J. Alan Thomas, Jeff Conaway, Carol Kane, Rhea Perlman. #Comedy
Taxi
released on September 12, 1978, and ran for five seasons, until June 15, 1983.
Theme by Bob James.
Cast: Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, Christopher Lloyd, J. Alan Thomas, Jeff Conaway, Carol Kane, Rhea Perlman. #Comedy
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Almost 50 years late, I'm catching up on Taxi. Great insomnia show.
Haven't watched much of it before. Its run coincides almost perfectly with my college years. I wasn't watching tv then, because why would I? Except I remember Season 3, from when I dropped out of school & worked as a garbageman.
Haven't watched much of it before. Its run coincides almost perfectly with my college years. I wasn't watching tv then, because why would I? Except I remember Season 3, from when I dropped out of school & worked as a garbageman.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Typing this on my iPhone 8!
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Typing this on my iPhone 8!
Uh... stay home and don't buy anything?
How to avoid buyer’s remorse this Black Friday
A neuroeconomist’s advice for making better shopping decisions this season – plus, shopping experts on the best early steals
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Uh... stay home and don't buy anything?
Decent documentary on Tubi. When We Went Mad, a long look at Mad. A fairly shallow doc, basically for people who don’t know the history. But fun interview footage of Gaines, Mecklin, Feldstein, Kurtzman etc.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
When We Went MAD! | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Adam Carolla
m.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Decent documentary on Tubi. When We Went Mad, a long look at Mad. A fairly shallow doc, basically for people who don’t know the history. But fun interview footage of Gaines, Mecklin, Feldstein, Kurtzman etc.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
Safe travels, Gramma Tortoise.
‘Queen of the Zoo’: Gramma, tortoise who lived through two world wars, dies aged 141
Gramma came to San Diego Zoo from Bronx Zoo in 1928 or 1931 and lived through 20 US presidents
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Safe travels, Gramma Tortoise.
Now another Dracula? I still haven't watched the new Frankenstein. I know these stories so well after the original books (which are favorites) and multiple versions of tv, film, and comics, there's not a lot of motivation to (in Franky's case) devote 2 1/2 hours to a new one.
Dracula review – Luc Besson’s romantic reimagining of Gothic classic is ridiculous but watchable
While we don’t necessarily need another film version of Bram Stoker’s story, Besson’s has ambition and panache, and Caleb Landry Jones and Christoph Waltz are perfectly cast
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Now another Dracula? I still haven't watched the new Frankenstein. I know these stories so well after the original books (which are favorites) and multiple versions of tv, film, and comics, there's not a lot of motivation to (in Franky's case) devote 2 1/2 hours to a new one.
The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
ANGOULÊME: Stakeholders call for '26 Festival to be cancelled
Creators, publishers and even the mayor are calling for the 2026 Angoulême comics festival to be cancelled in a dramatic week
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The latest on the doomed upcoming Angoulême fest. What a clusterfuck.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
This article offers a nice recap of the crisis.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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Todd Klein, ladies and gentlemen.
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Todd Klein, ladies and gentlemen.
A demented draft dodger and his drunk talkshow host henchman move to prosecute a genuine war hero and a fucking astronaut!
Genius move.
Genius move.
Pentagon investigating US senator over call for troops to refuse illegal orders
Investigation of Mark Kelly after Trump accused Democrats in video of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A demented draft dodger and his drunk talkshow host henchman move to prosecute a genuine war hero and a fucking astronaut!
Genius move.
Genius move.
Late Kirby, near the end, his eyesight shot, but this is solid narrative and composition.
Kirby pencils for a Bruce Lee comic that never happened, repurposed for Phantom Force.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Late Kirby, near the end, his eyesight shot, but this is solid narrative and composition.