How to lose like a boss

A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at defeat

Jan 21, 2022

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This week’s comic is about Little Donald and his imaginary publicist John, as they learn some heartwarming lessons about losing an election and retreating to a golf club to rant on and on about an obvious and deeply dangerous lie.

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This week’s Classic Tom the Dancing Bug (published on GoComics yesterday) is an installment of “Bob’s Rules” (from 1997).

On the request of, and with thanks to, Inner Hive member Jim W., who helps make Tom the Dancing Bug possible.

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And last week the GoComics Super-Fun-Pak Comix page has featured comics from this installment (from 2012)…

… and this week this page featured comics from this installment (also from 2012).

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FYI, BTW, FWIW, you know I revere and cherish every Inner Hive member, regardless of level of membership, but I have to issue this timely SSA (Self Service Announcement:

I'm currently working on rewards that will be distributed to 2021 members of the Inner Hive's Upper Tiers on Patreon. To qualify for each year’s rewards, a member must have been a member at the end of all twelve months of an entire calendar year. So the deadline for joining an Upper Tier membership on Patreon and qualifying for 2022 rewards is January 31.

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And, with this week’s defeat of the Voting Rights Act in the Senate, I thought it might be appropriate to run this important information about democracy…

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