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When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.

When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.

Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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