"It's just like film and literature," Haspiel says. "It's what you say and don't say, what you show and don't show. You can do anything with a blank piece of paper. I can take you anywhere with my pencil."
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This, plus more on Art Speigelman and literary comics by Dan DeLuca at:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/music/20081026_Still_drawn_to_comics.html