Local School of Comic Arts Has Italian Roots
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In April, Chicago Tonight got a behind-the-scenes look at a school of comic book art.
In April, Chicago Tonight got a behind-the-scenes look at a school of comic book and sequential art that started in Italy in 1979. When Italy's International School of Comics opened its first North American location, they chose a quiet block of Hubbard Street on the near West Side. We revisit that story.
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Local School of Comic Arts Has Italian Roots
Clip: 7/8/2015 | 4m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
In April, Chicago Tonight got a behind-the-scenes look at a school of comic book and sequential art that started in Italy in 1979. When Italy's International School of Comics opened its first North American location, they chose a quiet block of Hubbard Street on the near West Side. We revisit that story.
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