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Visual medium

By Ron Wolfe

Nate Powell’s graphic novels are about dreams and enigmas, not superheroes, but the story of Powell’s success packs all the swoosh and surprise of a comic-book adventure: North Little Rock boy yearns to be a comic-book artist, the story goes. He keeps drawing night after night, year after year, in obscurity.

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Photographs by ben krain

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  • Headline: Visual medium
  • Publication: Style, Pages 27 on 06/07/2011
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