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Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History Of Comic Art

by Roger Sabin · 1996

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For more than a century the comic book has been one of our most familiar, yet least appreciated popular art forms. As vehemently criticized as it is passionately defended, it has evolved from humble beginnings into a graphically sophisticated and culturally revealing medium.

Subject
history
Themes
art
Setting
BritishUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages
Form
graphic novels

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