Trashed: A Graphic Novel

Name: Trashed: A Graphic Novel
Rating: 4.625 (8 reviews)

Derf Backderf

Nov 2015 · ABRAMS

8 reviews

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256

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Trashed , Derf Backderf's follow-up graphic novel to his critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer , is an ode to perhaps the toughest job of all: garbage collector.

"Intriguing, hilarious, and stinky." — Entertainment Weekly

Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears—like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Anyone who has ever been trapped in a soul-sucking gig will relate to this tale.

Trashed follows the raucous escapades of three 20-something friends as they clean the streets of pile after pile of stinking garbage, while battling annoying small-town bureaucrats, bizarre townsfolk, sweltering summer heat, and frigid winter storms.

Trashed is fiction, but is inspired by Derf's own experiences as a garbageman. Interspersed are nonfiction pages that detail what our garbage is and where it goes. The answers will stun you. Hop on the garbage truck named Betty and ride along with Derf on a journey into the vast, secret world of garbage. Trashed is a hilarious, stomach-churning tale that will leave you laughing and wincing in disbelief.

"A downbeat but entertaining ode to the odiferous realities of getting by." — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

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Trashed , Derf Backderf's follow-up graphic novel to his critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer , is an ode to perhaps the toughest job of all: garbage collector. "Intriguing, hilarious, and stinky." — Entertainment Weekly Every week we pile our garbage on...

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8 reviews

Mitchell Salvage

December 12, 2018

I really enjoyed reading Trashed. It's a shame we can't solve a lot of our trash issues...

4 people found this review helpful

Michael S

January 5, 2024

Really well written and insightful knowledge of something most people don't think about.

Maria Santana

October 1, 2022

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About the author

Derf Backderf is the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer and the recipient of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for political cartooning. His weekly comic strip, The City, appeared in more than one hundred newspapers over the past twenty-two years. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Derf Backderf is the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer and the recipient of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for political cartooning. His weekly comic strip, The City, appeared in more than one hundred newspapers over the past twenty-two years. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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