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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Schmidt, Andy,

The insider’s guide to creating comics and graphic novels / Andy Schmidt.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-60061-022-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Comic books, strips, etc.--Authorship. 2. Comic books, strips, etc.--Technique. I. Title.

PN6710.S34 2009

741.5’1--dc22

2008038212

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