Mijn vriend Dahmer

Derf Backderf’s stark, acclaimed graphic novel, published in Dutch by Scratch Books in 2015, revisits his high school years alongside Jeffrey Dahmer, before Dahmer became a notorious serial killer. Through Backderf’s own writing and art, the book offers a chilling, humanizing look at the overlooked warning signs and toxic social dynamics of their 1970s Ohio community. It’s a singular, standalone work that remains a powerful, uncomfortable examination of complicity and the origins of monstrosity.