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A medium is a bridge between two minds.

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Scott McCloud
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 10
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Painter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
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Mediums
Bridges
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To kill a man between panels is to condemn him to a thousand deaths.
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By stripping down an image to essential meaning, an artist can simplify that meaning.
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Creator and reader are partners in the invisible creating something out of nothing, time and time again.
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