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Plewds and hites: A fake (or fake-ish) nomenclature of comics in The Lexicon of Comicana

Ruben Bolling
Oct 02, 2025
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This week, New York Review Comics has re-published a long out-of-print book on cartooning by Mort Walker, The Lexicon of Comicana.

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