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1055:Family Tree
1008:Cow and Boy
854:Rip Haywire
682:The Buckets
527:Gordo's Cat
267:Final strip
209:caricatured
197:Initially,
151:pop culture
104:comic strip
60:Launch date
46:Gus Arriola
1549:Categories
1479:Byron York
1474:Diana West
1457:Gene Lyons
1432:Commentary
1415:Rob Rogers
1352:U.S. Acres
1324:Star Hawks
1205:Li'l Abner
987:Wash Tubbs
967:Bugs Bunny
760:Jump Start
647:Baby Blues
495:2008-02-03
436:2008-02-03
384:2008-02-03
356:2014-01-28
288:References
245:tour guide
240:mass media
204:Li'l Abner
157:concerns.
1390:Matt Bors
1377:Editorial
1289:Rudy Park
1282:Red Ryder
1178:Joe Jinks
1172:Jim Hardy
1062:Ferd'nand
1001:Committed
946:Ben Casey
939:Ask Shagg
932:Annibelle
875:Shortcuts
793:Marmaduke
717:Get Fuzzy
633:Alley Oop
617:(current)
232:Hollywood
174:pseudonym
55:Concluded
42:Author(s)
1423:Ed Stein
1395:Bill Day
1379:cartoons
1366:Wee Pals
1219:Long Sam
1111:Garfield
723:Graffiti
661:Big Nate
313:Archived
225:sidekick
213:sombrero
139:folklore
114:and the
88:Genre(s)
68:End date
1261:Peanuts
1022:Dilbert
766:Kidspot
696:F Minus
689:Drabble
675:Brevity
506:Sources
469:8 April
305:"Gordo"
234:-style
187:Mexican
135:Mexican
1144:Herman
1123:Gordo
907:Comics
882:Tarzan
753:Herman
615:Comics
533:
519:
460:
406:
279:Final
251:Honors
192:'beat'
102:was a
1488:Other
812:Nancy
805:Monty
786:Luann
710:Frazz
654:Betty
549:Gordo
281:Gordo
257:Gordo
199:Gordo
167:Gordo
147:Gordo
143:Gordo
131:Aztec
127:Mayan
99:Gordo
35:Gordo
22:Gordo
1467:and
1226:Meg!
779:Lola
531:ISBN
517:ISBN
471:2020
458:ISBN
404:ISBN
133:and
307:at
223:'s
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984:/
479:^
418:^
365:^
320:^
295:^
129:,
578:e
571:t
564:v
498:.
473:.
439:.
412:.
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