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Re: Bébé Bibliophile

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If someone from the US cares to join in, are there counterexamples to this, as in, widely known American comics that do not revolve around superheroes? Calvin&Hobbes comes to mind, for example. Any others?

What makes Disney comics singular is that a lot of them are authored by European artists and have the distinct BD style. For instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck_in_comics goes over this a bit. Also Picsou Magazine > Journal de Mickey. There I said it.

I totally agree that Picsou Magazine > Journal de Mickey. Picsou was a monthly issue but man I looked forward to how thick its page count was.

Re: Bébé Bibliophile

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> My appetite for reading was insatiable from a very early age. [...] Then we moved to America. [...] “How many books can we check out?” [...awe]

I really enjoyed this article earlier, but almost didn't read it, so I note: nifty! [0]

I'm reminded of a nice bit of Lex Fridman's interview with Jim Keller (CPU designer): "I read books".[1] "A couple of books a week for..."

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb2tebYAaOA&t=5043s

([0] There were fewer comments then. Making this one less useful now. An earlier version vanished. So I edit and retry.)

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