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Raymond Briggs: When the Wind Blows

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Raymond Briggs: When the Wind Blows. / Stobbart, D.
Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives. ed. / Sebastian Domsch; Dan Hassler-Forest; Dirk Vanderbeke. De Gruyter, 2021. p. 451-466 (Handbooks in English and American Studies; Vol. 11).

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Stobbart, D 2021, Raymond Briggs: When the Wind Blows. in S Domsch, D Hassler-Forest & D Vanderbeke (eds), Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives. Handbooks in English and American Studies, vol. 11, De Gruyter, pp. 451-466. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110446968-025

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Stobbart, D. (2021). Raymond Briggs: When the Wind Blows. In S. Domsch, D. Hassler-Forest, & D. Vanderbeke (Eds.), Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives (pp. 451-466). (Handbooks in English and American Studies; Vol. 11). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110446968-025

Vancouver

Stobbart D. Raymond Briggs: When the Wind Blows. In Domsch S, Hassler-Forest D, Vanderbeke D, editors, Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives. De Gruyter. 2021. p. 451-466. (Handbooks in English and American Studies). doi: 10.1515/9783110446968-025

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Stobbart, D. / Raymond Briggs : When the Wind Blows. Handbook of Comics and Graphic Narratives. editor / Sebastian Domsch ; Dan Hassler-Forest ; Dirk Vanderbeke. De Gruyter, 2021. pp. 451-466 (Handbooks in English and American Studies).

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