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	The System of Comics by Thierry Groensteen, Bart Beaty (Translation), Nick Nguyen (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.75 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books by Jean-Paul Gabilliet, Bart Beaty (Translator), Nick Nguyen (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay by Thierry Smolderen, Bart Beaty (Translator), Nick Nguyen (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War

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Nick Nguyen has read Samurai Executioner, Vol. 6: Shinko the Kappa by Kazuo Koike	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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3.5 stars There’s no questioning the dramatic stories of Mechner Grandfather and Father during the early and mid-20th century - what’s at stake is how Mechner the Son tries to weave these stories together through color-coded panels and pages in a long ...more
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3.5 stars A fairly standard Asterix adventure to another continental European country under Roman occupation that contains a handful of good gags. A bit of a letdown following the strength of the preceding volume (l’Iris blanc) but still a worthwhile ...more
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Still holds up after all these years.
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3.5 stars A fairly routine Spidey-Daredevil team-up from the second string Spectacular Spider-Man title (#27-28) reprinted as part of the Special Edition imprint on Baxter paper (quite deluxe at the time). There are early glimpses of the kinetics dyna ...more
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Nick Nguyen and 2 other people liked Robert Boyd's review of Rusty Brown: "Over the past decade or so my eyesight was getting noticeably worse. One consequence was that reading Chris Ware comics, which Ware litters with microscopic type, had became difficult. But last year I had cataract surgery and my eyesight was massivel" Read more of this review »
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