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Cover of Ballad For SophieNominee2022

Ballad For Sophie

by Filipe Melo and Juan Cavia, translated by Gabriela Soares

Nominated 3 times. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

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Top Shelf Productions / 320 pages / ISBN 9781603094986
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