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| | The Publication and Formats of Comics, Graphic Novels, and Tankobon by Chris Couch |
 | | The Publication and Formats of Comics, Graphic Novels, and Tankobon by Chris Couch |
 | | Despite divergent histories of comic art publishing in the United States, western Europe, and Japan, in recent decades there has been an apparent convergence of publication formats: the graphic novel in the United States, the album in western Europe, and the collections called tankobon or manga in Japan. |
 | | Although these three formats are similar in appearance, each is the product of a unique history that affects demographics of readership, patterns of distribution and sale, and cultural meanings associated with the formats.(1) |
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