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as in funny papers
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as in picture books
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The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Besides brewery ads, comic strips, editorials and history lessons all leaned into this idea.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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All four albums were released on vinyl on April 18, Record Store Day, with a CD and digital release on April 24 — what would have been Segal’s 100th birthday.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Casablancas has also released multiple successful solo albums.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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His first collection, Death of a Naturalist, was published by Faber and Faber in 1966 and was followed by eleven other volumes of poetry, as well as collections of literary criticism, anthologies, translations, and verse plays.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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In 2016 Marlowe was co-credited as the writer of Henry VI, Part 1 (1589–92), Part 2 (1590–92), and Part 3 (1590–93) in an edition of the New Oxford Shakespeare (one of several modern anthologies of Shakespeare’s works).—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Comic books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comic%20books. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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