The City

With its tortured perspective, gritty realism, and outlandish urban humor, John Backderf's "The City" has kept an outsider’s beat on current events, trends, and out-there aspects of contemporary culture since 1990. Whether depicting the coarse insanity of modern urban life or the ultra-clean realm of the feature’s only recurring character, White Middle Class Suburban Man, Backderf (Derf for short) uses dissonant humor to speak up for what he calls "the common schlub."