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On January 22, 2012, The Comics Journal published a short web article titled “Northampton, MA Scene Report.” The piece was written by Colin Panetta, a resident of the area as well as the author self-published mini-comics like Dead Man Holiday. In painting a picture of the Northampton comics scene, Panetta offered the following account:
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Cadrette, R. (2016). From Turtles to Topatoco: A Brief History of Comic Book Production in the Pioneer Valley. In: Brienza, C., Johnston, P. (eds) Cultures of Comics Work. Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55090-3_7
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