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When the cannons roar, comics panels fall silent: on silent representations of traumatic events in Israeli comics and graphic novels

Silvia AdlerORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3663-3048View further author information
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Ayelet KohnView further author information
Pages 442-460 | Published online: 31 Mar 2022

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