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Curious Calgary is a mini-comics series by Sam Hester that can be read online—and/or printed at home and folded into a zine! The entire comic fits onto a single page of 8 ½ by 11 paper. All you need ...

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Sam Hester is a Calgary-based graphic recorder and longtime indie comics creator. Her recent TED Talk, How Comic Strips Create Better Health Care, has been viewed more than half a million times.

This comic originally appeared in the Ramsay community newsletter. Sam Hester is a Calgary-based graphic recorder and longtime indie comics creator.