I collected comics

14th July 2018 | for Creatives | writing, Ray Bradbury, artists must EXPERIENCE, comics, Sam Hodgson  |       

I collected comics

"I collected comics, fell in love with carnivals and World's Fairs and began to write."

— Ray Bradbury (photo by Sam Hodgson)

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