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February 14, 2012

Go, Read: Kim Deitch's Ode To Joel Fabrikant

Via Dan Nadel comes word of this essay by Kim Deitch about figures and interactions from the days of the East Village Other, in particular Joel Fabrikant. Deitch is pretty much the most valuable player of comics history right now.

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