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Comics: A Beginner’s Guide: Underground Addendum
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— 21 Aug 2008 Martin Skidmore Comment

One of the greats of underground comix, mentioned in the post you’ll see linked at the right, is Gilbert Shelton, creator of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, among other things. I wanted to put up this extra post for two reasons:
1. The Fabul[…]

Olympic Avoidance Log 2008: Day 11 – Don’t Drink The Water
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— 21 Aug 2008 Pete Baran 3 comments

(Apparently according to the BBC, its actually Day 14 of the Olympics – which means I have successfully avoided three whole days). I’m back from my holiday now, so work luckily has massively helped me avoid the Olympics. Because it is mos[…]

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