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Comic Book Literacy

Comic Book Literacy

2009•1h 11m
Documentary

Comic books are a medium as diverse as movies and encourage more thought than video games. Yet this misunderstood medium has always been the dirty little secret of the literature world. From the immigrant who learns English by reading Superman comics to the child who develops a love of literature from the X-Men, comics have kept America reading for decades with fantastic tales, well structured stories and amazing fantasies.

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Explorer Multimedia

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EN

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Released

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Cast

Kat Amano

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Marc Andreyko

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Paul Dini

Paul Dini

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Joe Quesada

Joe Quesada

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Terry Moore

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Scott McCloud

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Jim Salicrup

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Gail Simone

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Art Spiegelman

Art Spiegelman

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