People We Meet: Leef Smith, Comic Book Champion

San Francisco CA

18 October, 2021

7:43 PM

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By Will Jarrett, Mission Local October 17, 2021 For Leef Smith, San Francisco native and owner of Mission: Comics and Art, comic books can deliver an experience unlike any other art form. "With novels, it's all mostly in your head," he said through his flashy Wonder Woman mask. "And then with film or TV or that type of thing, it's a very passive experience." Comic books sit in the middle of these two poles. "Your imagination has to fill in a lot of the story," he explained, "but you also get lots of cues about how to interpret things, about the emotional tone." To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.