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Eric Resetar

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Eric Resetar got his start in comics as a school boy during the Second World War. He tells the story of how he got them published in an era of war-related restrictions, in a 2007 episode of the television show Artsville

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Tim Bollinger, Comics and graphic novels – Comics mini-boom, 1940s to 1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/41822/eric-resetar (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Tim Bollinger, published 5 June 2013.

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Elise Pryor
06 January 2023
Thanks for the post. Eric is my great uncle but I only met him when I was young.