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Oscar: In a society where dissenting viewpoints are suppressed, those viewpoints are potent and dangerous... Where dissent is tolerated, it rapidly becomes quaint and is viewed as un-sophisticated; people merely amuse themselves with the expression of contrary opinion. (p. 41)

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(born May 17, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian comic-book writer and artist. Sim is best known as the creator of the 6,000-page graphic novel (1977–2004).

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