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3 - The Development of the American Graphic Novel

From Will Eisner to the Present

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2017

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Stephen Weiner
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Stephen E. Tabachnick
Stephen E. Tabachnick
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University of Memphis
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The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel , pp. 41 - 57
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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