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Comica: Dazed & Confused

Posted: November 18, 2009

Comica Director Paul Gravett talks comics with Dazed Digital in an online interview about the Comica Festival and his future plans for Escape Books, as well as featuring the comics anthology launched at Comica ‘09, Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption. Also online at Dazed Digital, manga expert Helen McCarthy explores the work of the Japanese Walt Disney, Osamu Tezuka.

...and over at the Ctrl.Alt.Shift Blog, Dave McKean discusses his contribution to Unmasks Corruption.

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