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Ken Parille

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College teacher of literature, children’s lit, comics, writing. Author/editor of books on Daniel Clowes, 19th-century boyhood, guitar playing. Author of essays on comics and boyhood in academic journals and elsewhere. Friend to All Cats Everywhere Always.

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from ”The Facts of Death”

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Comic books in 1954 . . .

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To the person who asked, an answer: “No, I do not post ironically.”

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How about an unflattering caricature of Hegseth?
(cartoon from the archives)

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I don't go in for most media-bashing on here, but this new thing where Trump calls access reporters during trading hours and gives them the SCOOP that the war's about to end is pretty egregious.

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F.B. Opper's "Happy Hooligan" first appeared on March 11, 1900. The strip was Opper’s first big hit, spawning a number of adaptations in other media, including film and music. Here’s his first appearance:

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Jack Keller art.

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You miserable flops

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Sea Devils #32

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Did you know that March is Long COVID awareness month? I didn’t and I have a kid who has it! She’s one of 5.8 million kids in the US that have Long COVID! it’s not as cool as it sounds.

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With these glands
On the tainted side of the meat

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beautiful splash panel

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. . .

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yikes

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F this clown

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Hakeem Jeffries won't commit to blocking additional Iran war funding The House minority leader said Democrats will "cross that bridge when we get to it" but added that President Donald Trump has so far failed to justify his "war of choice."

In January, Jeffries declined to whip against DHS funding. Then DHS murdered Alex Pretti, and Dems had to play catchup to the politics. Now Jeffries won't commit to whip against Trump's war. This isn't rocket science - unify Dems against bad and unpopular things! www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC News Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramati...

Daniel Clowes’s David Boring banned:

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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