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Breakdowns : portrait of the artist as a young %@#* / Art Spiegelman

Combining an autobiographical graphic narrative with a facsimile collection of 1970s experimental comics, this volume traces the development of the medium. It examines personal history and the impact of the Holocaust alongside formal innovations in visual storytelling.
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