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![“I entered high school she[ my mother] said, "Well, you're a teenager now, and comics are for kids, so you shouldn't read them anymore," and I went, "Oh, okay," and I gave away what, of course, would now be thousands of dollars worth of comics to the neighborhood kids.” quote by Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7eb/trina-robbins-33748_courses_i-entered-high-school-she-my-mother-said_879053.jpg)
