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Almost every comic artist I know wants to write really, really long stories. Hundred-page stories. Thousand-page stories. Jeff Smith's Bone at 1,300 pages, Dave Sim's Cerebus at 6,000 pages. Long page counts are a comic creator's badge of honor, and they also speak to something fundamental about ...
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[Review] Aria Vol. 5
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“It’s the manga equivalent of a hot cup of tea and a sit-down, a lovely mediation on appreciating the quieter aspects of life.”
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How manga stories got really, really long — and then short ...
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