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Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell: In Search of the Modern Myth by Stephen Rauch

[7.Nov.05] :. Rauch takes The Sandman on its own terms, as a comic book, not as a paper movie, or as a piece of disposable pop culture.

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Portraits of Israelis & Palestinians: For My Parents by Seth Tobocman

[20.Aug.03] :. What Seth Tobocman's simple Portraits of Israelis & Palestinians sets out to prove is that many such divisions are arbitrary, and that human beings have the choice and the ability to break through the walls.

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Makin' Toons by Allan Neuwirth

[30.Apr.03] :. A peek behind the scenes of the 'toon boom' of the late '80s and '90s.

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