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This week’s comic is “The New Fantasy Adventure from the Mind of J.K. Rowling”
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I’ve gotten a bunch of emails from good readers respectfully criticizing this comic for being unfair to J.K. Rowling and to her position on trans issues, so I’ve written up a response and explanation here, if you’re interested.
(I’ve gotten plenty of positive feedback on the comic too (thank you), but that doesn’t require a public response!)
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This week’s Classic Tom the Dancing Bug (published on GoComics yesterday) is God -Man, in “Chance Encounter” (from 2014).
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And this week the GoComics Super-Fun-Pak Comix page has featured comics from this installment (from 2000).
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I’ll be filling in as a writer for Boing Boing for a couple of months. Here are a few of the items I wrote recently:
"Marvel Comics in the 1970s" is a new book about a wild and trippy creative era
Supreme Court rules that The Warhol Foundation's use of Prince photo was copyright infringement
Disney cancels $1 billion Florida development plan amid feud with DeSantis
Disney World's large, expensive, Star Wars-themed, windowless hotel to close
A very theme park-heavy few days, but I am a “Top 76 Theme Park Influencer,” after all.
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Volume 4 - Tom the Dancing Bug: All-Mighty Comics!!
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TOM THE DANCING BUG: ALL-MIGHTY COMIC S, VOLUME 4 IN THE COMPLETE TOM THE DANCING BUG -- 2003-2006. Clover Press’s Complete Tom the Dancing Bug program streaks forward with the fourth chronological volume, covering every installment of the award-winning (and two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist) comic strip, from 2003-2006.
This volume includes favorite characters of Tom the Dancing Bug, such as: God-Man, the Omnipotent Superhero; Charley the Australopithecine; Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer; Dinkle, the Un-Lovable Loser; and even the origin of Lucky Ducky. It also includes a special comic Bolling created for Mad Magazine during the covered years: “Educa-Fun.”
Tom the Dancing Bug is the wildly popular, groundbreaking comic strip that Mark Hamill called “wondrous, whimsical, and witty,” and that led Seth Meyers to recently write, “The fact that Tom the bug can keep dancing in this day and age is a testament to Ruben Bolling’s skills as a cartoonist!”
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The Tom the Dancing Bug shop at Threadless is growing, and now includes a new Billy Dare design. Threadless says there’s an “All tees $15” sale, through 5/22/23.
Confuse your friends. Perplex your neighbors. Confound yourself. Various colors, styles, sizes available.
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