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-This week’s comic is a very special News of the Times, a historical flashback to 1861.
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WARS, WARS, WARS
Yes, we’re at the start of a new Civil War, but remember that we’re also in the midst of a decades-old War Against Christmas, which was of course raging during the Iraq War.
Another Dr. Seuss parody (I just did “Horton the Justice Hears a… Who?” a couple of weeks ago), from Christmastime, 2005…
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This week’s Classic Tom the Dancing Bug (published on GoComics yesterday) is an exciting episode of “Judge Scalia” (from 2005).
On the request of, and with thanks to, Inner Hive member Matt G., who helps make Tom the Dancing Bug possible.
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And this week the GoComics Super-Fun-Pak Comix page has featured comics from this installment (from 2011).
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If you’re interested in weird, pointless, personal, over-sharing stories, here’s a Twitter thread I posted on Wednesday regarding ABC’s TGIF sitcom block, Disney World, and Too Many Cooks. Please don’t read.
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Hey, I finally got my shipment of the new book Tom the Dancing Bug, Without the Bad Ones, and it looks awesome! Clover Press did a fantastic job.
The other new book, Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens, The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug Volume 6, 2012-2015 is fast on its heels, and I’ll soon be signing, sketching, and shipping! Can’t wait.
If you haven’t ordered the new Tom the Dancing Bug books, Otis wants to know WHY NOT??
Info below.
Stay safe, everybody!
Rb
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Two new Tom the Dancing Bug books are coming out! Order your copies today.
TOM THE DANCING BUG AWAKENS, VOLUME 6 IN THE COMPLETE TOM THE DANCING BUG -- 2012-2015. This volume covers the Obama years and the rise of Trump, and it includes the introduction of the feature Chagrin Falls and installments of many other Tom the Dancing Bug favorites, such as God-Man, Lucky Ducky, and Super-Fun-Pak Comix. It also includes other comics Ruben Bolling created during those years: a two-page New Yorker spread, and six daily installments of the comic strip Cul de Sac.
TOM THE DANCING BUG, WITHOUT THE BAD ONES: THE VERY, VERY, VERY* BEST OF TOM THE DANCING BUG, 1990-2021. 31 years in the making, this book collects the top, most popular, most talked-about, most important, most Tom-the-Dancing-Bug comics in Tom the Dancing Bug's history. Imagine the thrill of reading and owning the award-winning and award-losing comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug, distilled into one handsome tome containing only its scientifically determined very, very, VERY* best.
Ordering info here.
The back cover of Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens:
Order directly from me (with the “2021 New Book Package” at this link), and you’ll also get this exclusive pdf booklet with “Artist’s” materials, and these authenticated bookmarks.
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