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1 - How the Graphic Novel Works

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2017

By
Randy Duncan  and
Matthew J. Smith
Edited by
Stephen E. Tabachnick
Stephen E. Tabachnick
Affiliation:
University of Memphis
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The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel , pp. 8 - 25
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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