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as in funny papers
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as in picture books
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The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Besides brewery ads, comic strips, editorials and history lessons all leaned into this idea.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Fathoms is the latest in a string of synth albums the composer has made under his own name since 2022, and his first since relocating from Portland to the storied town of Salzburg, Austria.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
6 Apr. 2026
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According to Billboard, since 1963, Prince and The Beatles are the only other artists who charted more albums simultaneously.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
6 Apr. 2026
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Benjamin Frandsen is a poet, essayist, and advocate whose writing on incarceration, redemption, and resilience appears in exCHANGE magazine, Iconoclast, PEN America’s prison writing anthologies, UCLA Magazine, The Massachusetts Review, and other outlets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Eric is a seven-time APSE award winner; four of his stories received honorable mention recognition in the Best of American Sports Writing anthologies.—
Eric Prisbell,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Comic books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20books. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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