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Sunday, September 2, 2012

The Garden of Eden

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Labels: cartoons, Cornered, Intellectual Property, Mike Baldwin

Friday, September 3, 2010

Universal Truths


I found this while I was packing. Apologies to the cartoonist: I must have cut off the signature.
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Labels: cartoons, women in the workplace

Friday, January 11, 2008

Election 2008

Dan Wasserman has some great campaign cartoons...
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The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball
5 of 5 stars
The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball
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House of Secrets
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The Torment Of Others
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Cold As Ice
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The Midshipman and the Rajah
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