Dahmer's prom date in the movie was played by a more conventionally ◊ attractive woman ◊ whereas in Real Life and the Graphic Novel, she was more frumpy ◊ and plain ◊ note They try to make up for this by having the actress portray her as an awkward Hollywood Homely with a jerky walk.Derf probably went sans-glasses in the Graphic Novel due to looking almost ◊ indistinguishable from Jeffrey Dahmer in the original comic. Only the earlier comic version was accurate). The Graphic Novel has him similar to Real Life but glasses-free (He's the guy on the upper-left of the cover shown above.

Derf Backderf was in Real Life, a dorky-looking kid ◊ with Nerd Glasses and not.well.More straight-forward with the dog Dahmer considered killing ◊ but thankfully didn't ◊ note Then again Derf's drawing style makes every sentient, whenever human or critter, weird or ugly-looking.In the movie he is a slender, androgynous, scary kid ◊ with long stringy wild hair who resembles a more unhinged Charles Manson wannabe. In the comic he is a very ugly fat guy ◊ with curly-hair, sideburns and geeky fashion sense. Like the comic, the film is set in 1970s Ohio and follows aspiring cartoonist John 'Derf' Backderf (Wolff), who befriends his troubled high school classmate, the future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Lynch). A 2017 film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name, directed by Marc Meyers and starring Ross Lynch, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Alex Wolff, and Vincent Kartheiser.

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf