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Independent Lens | Wham! Bam! Islam! | The Secrets of a Comic Book Mastermind Revealed! | PBS

Duration: 01:42
Program: Independent Lens #1301
Broadcast Date: Oct. 13, 2011

The fictional universe was a kind of refuge to the chubby young Al-Mutawa during his childhood in Kuwait. Books became his passport to other worlds...something he would champion through the creation of his comic book, The 99.

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Post Date: September 1, 2011