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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: March Dark Horse, DC and Image Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want. I blog about what I see that catches my attention. Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy #1s to see if it's something that I...]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: March Marvel Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.  From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.  Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected  editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy  #1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ad Space Available: The Sword of Tiegre</title>
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I'm going to print on a new book, the the Sword of Tiegre and I hate designing back covers. So, I'm offering Free 2" x 1" slots on the back covers.

I keep all my books in print, so as long as there is demand, there will be a book and your ad will be on the back cover of the book.

What's the...]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>	Previews Blogging: February Edition - Everything Else</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: February Dark Horse, DC and Image Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
I blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see if it's something that...]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: February Marvel Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want. From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention. Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy #1s to see if...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: January Edition - Everything Else</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: January Dark Horse, DC and Image Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
I blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see if it's something that...]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: January Marvel Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>From the Comments: More on PODs</title>
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Taken from my Blogspot.com comments:

I just wanted to thank you for all the great information and sharing
your experiences about self-publishing.

You're welcome. I've been out of publishing for most of 2009, but I'm jumping back in the waters for 2010, so expect even more information in the...]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gift Certificates</title>
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For Xmas, the oldest 3 children got gift certificates to the local comic book store. There is only one gift certificate per kid and each has only one.

DADDY: Child 1, where is your gift certificate?
CHILD 1: I don't know, Granny put it up?

DADDY: Child 2, where is your gift...]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FF 306 Commission: The Corner Box</title>
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Now that the pencils for the cover are off to Stacie (the inker), I've begin working on the head shots.




Above is the process from pencils to inks to colors.
Pencils by Drew Moss
Inks and Colors by Me

Inks and colors in Adobe Photoshop 7.


Close-up of the corner...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Warmageddon Editing: Pat Inglebert</title>
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Kyle Steele wrote a short 6-paged Warmageddon story featuring Tiegre. I located Italian artist, Pat Inglebert, from his 50 Girl 50 samples and asked him if he would be interested in illustrating the story. He was, we signed some contracts and now we are working on the layouts for the story.

For...]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: December Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Coloring the L Jamal Way</title>
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One of the many things that I do is color. I learned coloring by
reading all the tutorials out there and then finding my own way. This
is my way of giving back. So I'm taking a panel from one of my Thomas
strips and taking you through my process.




First let's start with my hardware...]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PVP Awesomology: Truth in Advertising Part II</title>
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I commented on Scott Kurtz's Awesomelogy in a post back in June. I noted that his sale on the Awesomelogy wasn't such a great sales when you looked around just a bit. Well, it's Black Friday and Scott is offering another sale. This time he says:

I’m heading to Austin on Monday to sketch inside...]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: November Edition (the Main book)</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: November Marvel Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>E & O 19: Panel 3 Finished</title>
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This is the finished version of the panel before the inked one I posted yesterday. This is the only panel that doesn't feature zombies.

The big guy is Atropos. When inking and graying Atropos, I treat him like a marble statue.

This is panel 3 for 5. 2 more panels to go before this strip...]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>E & O 19: WIP Panel 4 Inked</title>
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The fight with the zombies has begun, so this and the next few strips are filled with zombies, zombies, and more zombies.


written by Richard Nelson

pencilled by Tyler Richlen

inks and letters by me


The last 2 panels are down, so only the first 3 panels are left.
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PREVIEWS Blogging: October Edition</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards</title>
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I went down to the Durham Public Library and perused the fiction
section for graphic novels. Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards
is one of the many GNs that jumped out me. By writer Jim Ottavani with
art by Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon, and Shad Petosky)
and a...]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PREVIEWS Blogging: Non-Premeire Publishers</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: September Edition (Dark Horse, DC, Image)</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Previews Blogging: September Edition (Marvel)</title>
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Every month, I go through Diamond's Previews to figure out what I want.
From now until, I will blog about what I see that catches my attention.
Keep in mind that most of my comic buying consist of #1s, collected
editions (hardcovers or TPBs), or OGN (original graphic novels). I buy
#1s to see...]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fantastic Four #306 Commission</title>
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FF #306 is the first comic I ever purchased. I've looked for the cover
or even an interior page of the original art for years. Thus far, I've
only found one page and it is owned by someone on the same quest as I
am.

Finally, I resolved just to recreate the cover.

I
contacted Drew...]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Examining Print on Demand Printers: Size, Paper and Pricing</title>
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I'm in search for a new Print-On-Demand printer as I've changed my
business model a bit and I need a different printer. Looking at the
projects that I'll be publishing over the next 2 years, they will all
be square bound books of more than 70 pages and they all fall into 3
size ranges

LETTER...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Comic Lettering: How To and How NOT to!</title>
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Comic book lettering is the art of putting those neat little words that
you read into the neat little balloons so that you can read them. It's
mostly design and like all design sometimes it's done well and A LOT of
the the time it's done poorly. Good lettering should be seen, but not
noticed....]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PVP Awesomology: Truth in Advertising</title>
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Scott Kurtz (of PVP fame) posted the following in his blog :
Image
wanted to me to let you know that you’re time to nab a signed and
numbered edition is running out. We are only printing 300 of our signed
and numbered edition. These come with a full color tip-in sheet signed
and numbered by...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>My Aunt May</title>
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My Aunt May died today from cancer.
She once took the time to
teach a 6 year-old how to thread a needle and sew a button. He can sew
to this day thanks to his aunt and misses her deeply.
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>POD: The Local Copy Shop</title>
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If you want a very quick study in desktop publishing, then I suggest
you visit your local copy shop (YLCS). I use Kinko's because they are
the closest and I've used them for so long that most of the employees
know me by sight (if not by name).

YLCS is not the most cost
effective means of...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Computers and Essential Computer Programs</title>
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As a modern comic self-publisher, you will need working knowledge of a
computer and a few key computer programs. If you use a Mac or a PC,
this will be no different. At bare minimum, you will need a functioning
computer with the following program types:

1) word processor - for writing and...]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Welcome and How Do You Do?</title>
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Welcome to my new blog where I plan to share the information that I
have gathered by self-publishing comic books. Keep in mind that these
are my methods that I have developed via trial and error and your
mileage may vary. Hopefully, these posts give you some ideas and
direction which is more...]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Conversations with the Queen: Short People</title>
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In House, all cereal is stored on top of Fridge. With that is mind, here's the latest conversation with Queen McKenzie.

Queen McKenzie: I can't reach the cereal.
Agent of D.A.D.D.Y.: That's because you're a midget.
QM: What's a midget?
AoD: A short person.

QM hops into the land of KidRoom...]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>OCD Queen</title>
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Queen McKenzie has decreed that the end the Queen's  shoe laces must be the same length.

To
comply with this newest decree, the Queen has unlaced the laces of the
Queen's shoe to re-lace them. When the Agent of D.A.D.D.Y. brought up
the fact that the length of the laces don't matter, the...]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Realizations</title>
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Queen McKenzie of Kenzie realized that movies that are on DVD are no
longer shown in the theater. That realization comes with much sorrow as
she now knows that she will never see Lilo and Stitch in the theater.
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Royal Humor</title>
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The Queen is a royal comedian what follows is a sample of her stand-up comedy.

Queen: Knock. Knock
Agent of D.A.D.D.Y.: Who's there?
Q: Banana
AoD: Banana who?
Q: Knock. Knock
AoD: Who's there?
Q: Banana
AoD: Banana who?
Q: Knock. Knock
AoD: Who's there?
Q: Banana
AoD: Banana who?
Q:...]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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