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- Happy birfday to me... hap-py -ung- bir-birfday...
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- humor
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- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson; Avery; Paw's daughter
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- Paw and Avery make a deal
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Table of contents, publication and indicia all written in Ware's usual mock-archaic style. Accompanied by a single illustration and the following mock articles: "1995 a "Shining Year" for Acme Novelty Library Stockholders."; "Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits Increased at Library."; "Reviving Handicrafts in America"
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Letters from Nicole Stellon, Dawn Moriarity, David Liljemark
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Continues on page fourteen
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- Rocket Sam
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- Rocket Sam lands on a new planet
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- Rocket Sam
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- Sam has an assignation
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- humor; satire-parody
These are nine small fake old school style trade ads. Text accompanied by nine small Ware illustrations.
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- Well! I certainly hope that teaches those stupid poor people a lesson!
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- humor; satire-parody
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- God
- Synopsis
- God takes action
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Text and illustration article redesigning the constellations. Art is black, white and blue
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- Rocket Sam
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- Rocket Sam is marooned
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- The perils of the Hollywood contract- the caped God saves a cat from a tree, signs an autograph and flies to Hollywood to film a TV series.
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- All right Tex... this looks like about as good a spot as any
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- humor
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- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson
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- Paw takes Tex shooting
Strip is black, white and brown
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- Sam makes a new friend
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- Rocket Sam
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- Sam discovers a new species
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- Oh no! A lil' chestnut squirrel!
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- humor
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- Big Tex Johnson
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- Tex goes for an ice cream at Dairy Queen. After that, he runs over a squirrel in his truck.
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- Timber! A fine shelter should be fashioned from these freshly-felled limbs.
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- humor
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- Rocket Sam; Indigenous Tree-Dweller
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- Sam underestimates the indigenous life
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- I mean, what are you doing with your life, anyway, Jimmy?
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- drama; humor
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- Jimmy Corrigan; Peggy; Superman
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- Jimmy's path in life is questioned
Centerspread printed in the landscape format. The "Our Mentorial Bureau" (continued from page 2) and "Journal Miscellany" articles are placed just below it on the page.
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- urg umph whew! There! Ain't no way Paw gone find them girlie magzeens now never!
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- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson
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- Tex hides his girly magazines
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- Rocket Sam; Robot
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- Sam constructs a sparring partner
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- Okay, Joe-- now you take that tingcan and I'll take this tingcan an you go hide in the tall grass an we will...
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- humor
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- Big Tex Johnson; Paw Johnson; Okie Joe
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- Tex and Joe make a tin-can telephone
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- So- it's true! Sam has made another friend.
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- Rocket Sam; Robot; Sam's companion
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- The robot is jealous
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- Rocket Sam; Robot; female robot
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- Christmas for Rocket Sam
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Intro to the the following three activity cutout booklets.
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- Gosh, I sure am lucky to have such a beautiful home!
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- humor
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- Quimby the Mouse
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- Quimby's night at home
Presented as a cut out and construct miniature book
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- Big Tex
Presented as a cut out and construct flick book
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- Rocket Sam
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- Cut out and construct Rocket Sam frieze
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- from Chicago Newcity (October 5, 1995)
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- Help help help help help
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- Superman
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- A day in the superhero's life- God hears a hunter's cry for help while picking a flower. He flies to see the hunter caught in a bear trap. God promptly shoots the hunter, takes his money and buys a banjo with it.
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- Rocket Sam; Robot
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- The Marooned Sam constructs a companion
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- Okeh, Tex-- let's git goin'
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- Big Tex Johnson; Paw
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- Paw takes Tex for an ice cream
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- Maw and Paw, I has brung you two presents an some flowers which I will leave fer you today.
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- Big Tex Johnson
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- Big Tex's life in reverse
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- Cut-out and construct miniature Acme Novelty Library
ends on the back cover