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

by 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.

Accession 18532 ISBN 9780375423956 Publisher Pantheon
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