Tell us about those days on the couch after your emergency cardiac surgery.
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The resulting work, My Friend Dahmer (Abrams, 2012), went on to become a best seller and garner a bevy of awards and accolades.įresh Water caught up with the legendary graphic artist and chatted him up about the astonishing arc of his career, the view from the movie set and what it was like to revisit history in such a unique way.
"But I could sit on a couch with a lapboard and draw." There he focused on a memoir that would include his years at Revere High School – and fellow classmate Jeffrey Dahmer. The debilitating incident sparked a trying recovery, during which he was barely able to tackle a staircase. He was rushed to the hospital in 2010 for emergency cardiac surgery. The Shaker Heights artist suffered extreme arterial damage from the radiation. The treatment, however, proved nearly deadly on its own. In 2002, Backderf endured chemotherapy and radiation treatments during a battle with cancer. The roots of MFD trace back to comix creator Derf Backderf, who penned the graphic novel on which the film is based during one of the most difficult trials of his life. Last month, shooting for the forthcoming film "My Friend Dahmer" (MFD) film took place in Bath, Ohio, about 30 miles south of Cleveland.
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