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EDITED AND DESIGNED BY ASSOCIATE EDITOR & BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT BY Bruce Canwell ART DIRECTOR Lorraine Turner CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Axel Kahlstorff and Francisco San Millan

ISBN: 978-1-68405-412-1 First Printing, July 2019 LibraryofAmericanComics.com

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ABOVE: Drawing from sketchbook, circa 1980s.

OPPOSITE: Illustration on an envelope mailed from Tokyo, 1955.

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