Amazing graphic history of the Kent State massacre, told partly through the stories of the 4 who were killed that day. Before I read this book, I knew little enough about the massacre that if I hadn't been reading the endnotes concurrently, I think I would have been shocked that 4 of the main people the narrative followed were killed! I was also surprised at how familiar the 1970 atmosphere of paranoia & disinformation feels in 2020 (or honestly, 2016, or 2006, etc). The surveillance, misinformation, & paranoia fostered by law enforcement at all levels in 1970 also goes a long way to explain to me how the last 40 years of conservative & national security state dominance (even during the Obama & Clinton presidencies) were able to take place after the successes of the Civil Rights and anti-war movements in the 50s-60s. The Epilogue really drives home the fact that the police are using the same sorts of lies & justifications they used 50 years ago because they learned that they work! Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio really connects a lot of dots. The art is amazing & a great example of Derf's evocative to the point of disgust style that I've been a fan of since I first read The City in Funny Times however long ago that was.