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The Weekly Independent Comics Page for April 18, 2019!
On this week's Game of Thrones -free weekly Independent comics page: Jen Sorensen bemoans the New York Post 's crappy brand of journalism; (Th)ink mourns the terrible Notre Dame fire; This Modern World pond...
Know Your Neighbors: Meet Tod Goldberg, a Writer and Teacher Who Focuses on Helping His Students Sell Their Work
Indio resident Tod Goldberg, 48, talks very fast—which makes sense, because he has a lot to say.
The author of hundreds of books and articles, he is also the founder and director of the 10-year-old low...
Savage Love: I Got Angry With My Girlfriend When I Snooped and Discovered She Once Dated a Married Man; Was I Justified?
When I first started dating my girlfriend, I asked her about past boyfriends, and she said she hadn’t met the right guy yet. After dating for nine years, I found out about a past boyfriend and looked ...
The Weekly Independent Comics Page for April 11, 2019!
On this week's hipster-avoiding weekly Independent comics page: This Modern World is appalled by a call to abolish the Electoral College; Jen Sorenson wonders what the Democratic Congressional Campaign ...
Savage Love: I Am Having an Emotional Affair Online, and My Husband Doesn't Know; What Should I Do?
I’m a heteroflexible married cis woman in my 40s. I’m also a POS cheater and a catfish. I really fucked up.
One year ago, I met an older man in an online fetish forum. He sent me an unsolicited PM, and...
The Weekly Independent Comics Page for April 4, 2019!
On this week's heavily redacted weekly Independent comics page: Apoca Clips listens in as Biden and Li'l Trumpy discuss #metoo; Red Meat considers getting some ice cream; Jen Sorensen wonders what is in...
Know Your Neighbors: Meet Dan Paris, a Local Filmmaker Who's a Man With Many Talents
Peripatetic is a word based on the way Greek philosopher Aristotle studied and learned: by walking about. Today, that word also describes an itinerant—one who travels about for duty and business.
Dan P...
Savage Love: I Am a Cis Man Who Has Developed an Attraction to Trans Women; How Do I Meet Them?
I’m an adult man, and I have developed a trans attraction after following a particular Tumblr blog. That blog is now gone, sadly, since all adult content has been purged from Tumblr. It wasn’t just po...
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