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     Gareth Hinds was born (bear) in 1971. He always knew he wanted to be an          (art) because he is a person who has always ​           (love) drawing.
     Hinds drew comic strips (连环漫画) in middle school for fun and in high school he wrote and drew them for the ​         (week) school newspaper for two years. When he ​         (graduate) from high school, he decided to attend Parsons School of Design. For his school assignments, he designed comics and book ​       (cover). Then he began the 80-page journey of the graphic novel (连环画小说), Bearskin. It was based on an ​             (interest) story. Now he is busy publishing his ​            (late) work.

     “We live in a world of art,” said Hinds, who makes this ​          (state) come to life. From ​          (paint) in blank books at age 5 to creating graphic novels as an adult, Hinds has become highly ​           (success).