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Contemporary
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100 Years of
American Newspaper Comics: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
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Horn grew up in France particularly fascinated by
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Société civile d’études et de recherché des littératures dessinées
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Of Comics and Men: A Cultural
History of American Comic Books
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Burne
Hogarth's The Golden Age of Tarzan: 1939-1942
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626:"Comics and Cinema: The Beginnings (1896–1913)".
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628:International Journal of Comic Art
441:The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons
248:The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons
118:The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons
94:The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons
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957:20th-century American biographers
797:The World Encyclopedia of Comics.
377:Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto
832:"Paperbacks New and Noteworthy,"
359:The World Encyclopedia of Comics
231:The World Encyclopedia of Comics
209:AAARGH!: a Celebration of Comics
204:Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
114:The World Encyclopedia of Comics
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850:Comics of the American West.
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316:A History of the Comic Strip
263:Contemporary Graphic Artists
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570:La mort au grand gallop
564:"Close Combat in Korea"
867:"The Lines Are Drawn,"
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694:Gabilliet, Jean-Paul.
560:Corps à Corps en Corée
525:"Spies in White Coats"
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344:75 Years of the Comics
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817:"Books of The Times,"
545:"Until the Last Gasp"
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594:"Silent Emissaries"
584:"The Scorpion Game"
574:"Death at a Gallop"
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181:Club Bande Dessinée
881:Baxter, Paula A.,
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580:Le Jeu du Scorpion
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150:) under the joint
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