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Derf's new graphic novel Punk Rock and Trailer Parks
"It could have happened"
by WKSU's MARK URYCKI


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Mark Urycki
 
A new graphic novel has hit the bookstands and it revolves around a time and place in Northeast Ohio when the economy was changing and good manufacturing jobs were leaving. "Punk Rock and Trailer Parks" is a book from the edgy, underground cartoonist known as Derf. And it takes place 30 years ago. Derf calls it a "rust belt epic."
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Punk Rock and Trailer Parks
Derf welcome to Akron
at The Bank on South Main St.
Derf expired
The Ramones at the Skyway
Derf is signing copies of PUNK ROCK & TRAILER PARKS Friday, Oct. 17 from 6-8 pm at Square Records in Highland Square, 824 W. Market St., Akron. ph:330-375-9244 Saturday, Oct. 18 from 7-9 at Mac's Backs, 1820 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Hts. ph:216-321-2665

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