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Excerpts: Art Spiegelman's Breakdowns

Comic excerpts from Art Spiegelman's Breakdowns .

By ART SPIEGELMAN | November 12, 2008

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Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!
By Art Spiegelman
Hardcover, 72 pages
Pantheon
List price: $27.50

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