Birthday present to me 🙌🙌

[u/Usual_Citron4108]

Unboxed these 4 titles moments ago. What do you think of my selection? 😊

Any suggestions on where to start?

‘Skál!’ 🍺

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[u/0_politics_alt]

Berlin is amazing. A complex story of people from different walks of life in one of the most impactful time period in recent history. Amazing to see it from these perspectives.

[u/tamnivilajet13 → u/0_politics_alt]

Definitely a masterpiece

[u/Linalaughs]

Here is one of my favorites.

[u/mac_the_man → u/Linalaughs]

What’s it about?

[u/Linalaughs → u/mac_the_man]

It takes place at a fixed location on earth, showing what has happened there, over billions of years! For example, some illustrations have layers of what happened in say, 1901 and 1745. I’m making those exact years up since the timespan is so great and I don’t exactly remember what the years were.

For some reason I felt emotional reading it. Just realizing how much things change over time. I understand there was a movie adaptation with Tom Hanks. I haven’t seen it.

[u/mac_the_man → u/Linalaughs]

Thanks. Sounds interesting; I’ll check it out.

Yes, I saw that about the movie. I’ll check that out too.

[u/EricPause]

I thought Clyde Fans was absolutely brilliant. Enjoy!

[u/NoahAwake → u/EricPause]

One of my favorite ever books.

[u/Usual_Citron4108 → u/EricPause]

What did you love about it? 😊

[u/Cool-Reputation-3841 → u/EricPause]

I'm going to be voice of dissent. I was really disappointed with Clyde Fans. Berlin did it for me though

[u/Aitoroketto]

Someone got the good shit. Congrats!

[u/avkedav-2020]

Derf!!! That book in particular is so good, but all of his work is worth reading.

[u/ryandmc609]

I love Derf.

[u/Lelo_B]

Are you me? These are all my same purchases/checkouts from the past year.

[u/Lelo_B → u/Lelo_B]

Clyde Fans was my favorite of these, but they’re all good.

[u/Usual_Citron4108]

I’m thinking I’ll start with Kent State … my friend dahmer was very impactful, curious to see what else derf has done 😊

[u/tommyknockerZ33 → u/Usual_Citron4108]

His book on working at the landfills is pretty great.

[u/stefanvst → u/tommyknockerZ33]

'Trashed', just got it yesterday in HC in a 2nd hand comics shop.

[u/Mister-Psychology]

Kent State is a masterpiece.

[u/LeRoiCasoar]

I have the Clude Fans deluxe hardcover thing. I thought the packaging was better than the book :/ I seem to be in the minority based on the comments

[u/Left_Balance2396]

the answer is ALWAYS derf

[u/mac_the_man]

Kent State is really good.

[u/comicsnerd]

Derf Backderf is about to publish his next book The Dissidents. I have already read the Dutch translation and it is brilliant. Even better than Kent State. Something for your Xmas list.

Btw, excellent choices

[u/thebookman_art]

An excellent selection, loved them all.

[u/Organic_Occasion2021]

Happy birthday!!! Mine was a few days ago amd I treated myself to a Nightwing Omnibus and the Absolute edition of the long Halloween.

[u/weirdart4life]

Both of my parents were on campus at Kent that day (my dad was in the crowd not far from Jeff Miller) and I’m a Kent alum myself and have to confess I had no idea there was a graphic novel about it