Derf Backderf: The Dissidents Book Launch

Wednesday, October 7Derf Backderf: The Dissidents Book Launch at Grog ShopHosted by Macs Backs7 PM - 9 PMALL AGESFREE / RSVP encouraged Derf will present his new book, Dissidents: Autocrats! Vigiliantes! Communits! and Cartoonists! on Wednesday, October 7th at 7 pm at The Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights.The Dissidents follows a group of real and influential political cartoonists who worked for the magazine The Masses--Art Young, Boardman Robinson, Cornelia Barns, and others, dominant in their day but now forgotten--as well as a fictional young German immigrant from Cleveland, Joe Hertle, who has come to New York to make his name.Award-winning author Derf Backderf raises the bar for visual storytelling in this gripping, layered, and perceptive original graphic novel, told through the lens of the political cartoonists whose work shaped our history and also held a mirror to it. Finding a personal connection as a journalist who started out as a political cartoonist, he opens a door to our past and crafts a story that pulls... Read more .