The best of this year s graphic novels, including The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott (main image), Matthew Dooley s Flake, above right, and Derf Backderf s Kent State
Kent State, Derf Backderf, Abrams Comics, £17.99 Derf Backderf’s account of the shootings at Kent State University in 1970 is a work that balances anger and sadness, while reminding us of the cold terror of American soldiers opening fire on innocent students. At the end of a presidency that has ramped up political division and fuelled anger, it’s sobering to be reminded where this can lead to. Backderf’s potent, clear-sighted cartooning, the result of deep reading and original research, brings that home very clearly. Graphic Content’s book of the year.
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