Ross Lynch plays Jeffrey Dahmer, who according to Backderf was ignored by those in authority. ‘They didn’t care. They just pushed him along and figured, well, next year he’ll be somebody else’s ...

Netflix’s Dahmer has been praised for its depiction of Jeffrey Dahmer’s story through actor Evan Peters. Peters portrays a fully fleshed out Dahmer during his adult years, but even back in his ...

John Backderf, the graphic novelist Derf, in the third floor studio of his Shaker Heights home on Friday, December 18, 2015. (Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer) CLEVELAND, Ohio - "My Friend Dahmer," the ...

Judge John Sutula was conducting his usual screening session with prospective jurors last week when he asked a question everyone in the jury pool must handle: "Has anyone you know ever been convicted ...

An Ohio man was excused from jury duty after mentioning he was friends growing up with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. John Backderf was among prospective jurors being screened last week by a judge in ...

Acclaimed cartoonist and Ohio State alumnus John Backderf will join the crowd at the advanced screening of a film based on his best-selling graphic novel “My Friend Dahmer” at the Wexner Center for ...

John Backderf's graphic novel explores the life of Jeffrey Dahmer during his teen years. Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious murderers in U.S. history. Between 1978 and 1991, he killed ...

Sometimes you spend an entire film wondering why it exists. Any feature, as anybody reading this likely knows, is a massive undertaking that requires months or years of intense, sustained effort. Even ...

Here's that second story we promised you. There's a new movie out this weekend, and it's a biopic with an interesting backstory of its own. Remember the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer? Between 1978 and ...

An Ohio man was excused from jury service after mentioning he was a childhood friend of cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. John Backderf was among prospective jurors being screened last week ...

The upcoming movie My Friend Dahmer tells the story of illustrator John Backderf's high school friendship with notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, and if you're into creepy films, you're going to ...

Local writer and artist Derf Backderf (aka John Backderf) was only 10 years old when the National Guard descended on Kent State in May of 1970 and killed four students after firing into a crowd of ...