A Muskovite on Mars
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This week’s comic is “New Chagrin Falls, Mars Colony.” Living in Elon Musk’s bubble…
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The Top Ten Tom the Dancing Bugs of 2022
As is Tom the Dancing Bug tradition, I’m doing a daily countdown of the scientifically accurate, objectively correct Top Ten Tom the Dancing Bugs of 2022.
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I announced Number Ten yesterday, and Number Nine today.
Imagine the thrill of finding out the Number One Tom the Dancing Bug of 2022 on New Year’s Eve!!
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This week’s Classic Tom the Dancing Bug (published on GoComics yesterday) is “How the Grinch Started a War on Christmas! A Fox News Christmas Story” (from 2003).
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