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The Colorful Story of Comics (History of Fun Stuff series)

by Patricia Lakin

Illustrator: Rob McClurkan

Ages: 9+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-4814-7145-9

Keywords: Comics, Art

From cave paintings to graphic novels and manga, pictures and speech bubbles have been used to tell stories. Bright digital illustrations.