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Bill Clinton is scheduled to visit Pembroke, North Carolina, today: Charles Locklear dined on fried chicken and cabbage as he talked about former President Clinton’s visit. He said it will be a good… Bad simile of the day

Dick Tracy #103Dick Tracy #103

The Britannica Blog has a nice piece on entertainment and violence and reproduces the cover of Harold Schechter’s Savage Pastimes. Whoever found this photo gets a shiny new badge and a new cap… Savage Pastimes

“Al Jaffee’s fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form.” And here’s the full article: A Veteran Mad Man Remains in the Fold. Fold-Ins, Past and Present

I love the restraint of the US cover (top), which emphasizes that this is a book about the entire bin Laden family and not just its most infamous member. And the plane is a clear reference to one of… The Bin Ladens, US and UK

Spray Paint Cello Players Bud Waldo All etchings above (posted here with permission) © Bruce Waldman,a lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New… Remainders

Jumbo Comics #24Jumbo Comics #24

These don’t need anything in the way of commentary. Wonderful – both of them. Two New Science Titles from Penguin

Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #24Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #24

“Walter Burley Griffin’s Plan of Canberra as finally revised and accepted 1913”[satellite map] “Unidentified municipal incinerator No. 1, 1930s” … Walter Burley Griffin