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Breaking the Gummi Wall
There's a sugary place in Seatle that's renowned for being the second-largest depository of chewing gum stuck to its wall. Late last year, it was forced to clean up the colorfully disgusting surface...
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October Crisis Influence
When it comes to Canadian domestic issues, there's a rather short list of disasters that've happened. Apart from Heritage Minutes and documentary movies, knowledge about Canadian history is sketchy at...
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Pregnant Pause
Just a few years ago, the limit for humanity seemed to be 5 billion. Then it was raised to 7 billion, and now, even 9-11 billion doesn't seem like much of a reach. When my sister got married, I...
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April's Full of Secrets
Just a little explanationary exposition first: while April First is generally known for spouting outrageous lies ranging from Spaghetti Trees to "The Red-Haired girl is waiting at the door to give you...
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The Baby Herman Game
Just recently, I've been instigated* into the secret matriarchal ritual known only to women. I helped out by setting up a game for my sister's Baby Shower. This game was an exercise in simplicity -...
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Space Dumplings: Not Very Filling
It must be exhausting to create as much material as Craig Thompson has. His debut mainstream work was Goodbye Chunky Rice. He reached brand name status with his autobiographical 600 page comic, the...
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Pet Peeves: Name-Calling
In the olden days of comics, the easiest way to know anybody's name was just to wait five seconds, and you'd find out either by them proudly proclaiming themselves in the third person or calling...
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Commercial Comics Adaptions
When it comes to advertising a product, it's not a bad idea to use as many promotional platforms as humanly possible for maximum exposure. Unless your product stinks, then you'd be better off playing...
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Good Night, Sweet Prince
This has not been a good year for entertainers. David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Harper Lee have all died within weeks of each other. And now, the musician Prince has joined their number. Best known as a...
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Less Filling, Tastes Great!
The week of Passover officially ends tonight, which also ends my weekly deprivement of my favorite foodstuffs, bread and pasta. You'd think giving up one category of the food pyramid wouldn't be as...
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The Secret of the Nymph
Hey!! You missed a spot!Looking for something?Yes... a clover.Found it over here!Now we can continue.I fold.For the uninitiated, 'Clover' is a 'Club' in French."Garage sale"Every year, it's always so...
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Paralyzed Snake's Revenge
The snake from BC always seems to get the short end of the stick. When he's not being unfairly marginalized or associated with apples, he's being specifically targeted and beaten into submission. And...
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She He We
One of the worst-kept secrets of literature is that children's books are just as viable sources of comics as any other Graphic Novel. (Or as only I call them,Comic Paperbacks)Maurice Sendak's Some...
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Birth of Nick
Nick of the Adam Family (not to be confused with The Addams Family) has been a staple for so long it's hard to remember a time when he wasn't part of their household. A quick purvey through some old...
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License Request: Key Moments in Comics History
One of the greatest joys while book-hunting is making valued finds in out-of-the-way locations in second-hand bookstores. I once found some old Pogo books that were available for their cover price of...
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Return to Orbit
It's been a long time since I've delved into the adventures of Orbit& Co. I've been scouring over old newspaper archives trying to fill in the holes after their last expedition. Along the way, I...
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Born on a Mother's Day
My previous entry regarding Adam's baby was just a placeholder while I did some research. Three weeks ago, we were all set up to have a brunch with my Mother, when unforeseen (yet inevitable)...
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Secret Secretions
It's the start of June, which means not just warmer sun-baking mind-melting weather, but also more Not-Gary-Larson Cow Milk ads! Some of these have been revised so their translations make more...
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Don't Box Me In
Muhammad Ali, the definitive boxer of the world, who redefined how to win a fight through strategy, just died. While other comic fan sites are doubtlessly giving their contribution via posting the...
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Make Way for Pink Ali
I waited awhile after my last post to see what other comics would be submitted in celebration of Muhammad Ali (and also to recuperate from an annoying fever) before submitting any additional missed...
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