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The Astounding True Story of America's Comic Book Creators, From 'The Yellow Kid' to Superman to Webcomics
A groundbreaking cartoonist paired images with a running narrative in 1896 to create the first comic strip. They've mutated into books, blockbuster movies and Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novels
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