Jeff smith author biography worksheet

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NOTE: I tried to avoid spoiling major plot points as much as possible while writing this.

I had an unusual relationship with comics and graphic novels as a kid. I loved to draw my own comics – sometimes up to 40, 50, or 60 pages long – and would spend part of almost every night drawing. inom also was a voracious reader of books. It was rare that I would go anywhere – school, doctor appointments, etc. – without a book at hand. It’s somewhat strange, then, that I rarely actually read any comics or graphic novels. Sure, I read a random comic book here or there, but by the time inom hit college I had probably consumed no more than fem total. What I did frequently read were the Sunday comic strips in the newspaper, but the majority of them lacked the long-term storytelling I was used to in my self-drawn comics and the novels inom loved. So why, then, did I never really pay attention to this art form? I’m not sure I’ll ever know the full answer, although I’m guessing that it comes down at leas

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