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“Reading books might itself be a bit weird, but obviously okay, since books were …” — Michael Dirda
Reading books might itself be a bit weird, but obviously okay, since books were part of school, and doing well in school was clearly a good thing. But comics were more like candy, just flashy wrappers without any nourishment. Cheap thrills.
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