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Read Eight Pages From the ‘Masterpiece’ Graphic Novel Reviewed in This Week’s New York

In this week’s issue of New York, Dan Kois reviews David Mazzuchelli’s new graphic novel Asterios Polyp, calling it “a cartoonist’s cartoonist’s masterpiece.” “I’d like to describe Mazzucchelli’s artistry as ‘effortless,’” Kois writes, “but Asterios Polyp took him a decade, and the effort, happily, shows.”

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An exclusive excerpt from David Mazzuchelli’s graphic novel of the summer, out this month from Pantheon.
Read Eight Pages From the ‘Masterpiece’ Graphic Novel Reviewed in This Week’s New York