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I've never had any interest in retelling stories from my youth.

Brian K. Vaughan

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Brian K. Vaughan
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 17
Comics Writer
Screenwriter
Television Producer
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Cleveland
Ohio
Interest
Stories
Never
Retelling
Youth

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