Trashed

Derf Backderf’s Trashed (2015–present, Harry N. Abrams) is a single-issue graphic novel that turns a grimy, overlooked world into a darkly comic and deeply researched exposé. Written and drawn entirely by Backderf, it follows a young man’s first job as a garbage collector, blending memoir with a sharp, eye-opening look at the absurdities and hazards of the sanitation industry. More than just a dirty-jobs chronicle, it’s a potent, character-driven critique of American waste and the people society forgets.