There are many Star Wars references in Dani Girl, so I made this tribute to Tom Jung’s 1977 poster.

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Spotted: the North American tree daughter.

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Dinosaur Comics Creator Stuck in Skate Park Hole Takes His Predicament to Twitter In Real Life Text Adventure

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When Is Asking the Question Part of the News? (Rarely.) 

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Friday night. What am I doing? #partylikeaprof

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