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Readiness

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Readiness.
   The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of
   one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or
   topic. Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
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Readiness.
   "Christ is Coming, Are You Ready?" / Pentti Otsamo. p.
   154-155 in Gare du Nord : an Anthology of Comics from
   Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland (Stockholm :
   NordiComics, 1997). -- Call no.: PN6790.S33G313 1997
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Readiness.
   "I Don't Feel Ready to Have a Family...I'm Only Six" (What
   a Guy, Apr. 26, 1993) / Bill Hoest. -- Setting: Dolls and a
   doll house. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "playing house"
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Readiness.
   "I Think We're Ready for Our Walk"* (The Buckets, July 1,
   1998) -- Summary: By the time the family is all ready to
   walk Dogzilla, it's dark out. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
   "walking the dog"
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Readiness.
   "I Wasn't Ready"* (Hagar the Horrible, Feb. 23, 1981) / Dik
   Browne. p. 87 in Battered Husbands (Redondo Beach, CA : H.
   Gregory Associates, 1991). -- Summary: Hagar proposes to
   settle something with Helga by arm wrestling, and he loses.
   -- Call no.: PN6231.H8G75 1991
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Readiness.
   "So Sudden and Exciting"* (Mark Trail, July 30, 1997) /
   Jack Elrod. -- Summary: Mrs. Kennedy is happy to meet the
   Congressman and his family, and seems ready to give fishing
   a try. -- Key words: Geese, docks. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55
   "Excitement"
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Reading, Val.
   Entry (p. 142) in Dictionary of British Comic Artists,
   Writers, and Editors, by Alan Clark (London : The British
   Library, 1998). -- Call no.: PN6735.C513 1998
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Reading

See also Reading Comics
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"The Reading!" / Frank Brunner, story and art. 5 p. in Alien
   Worlds, no. 9 (Jan. 1985). -- Call no.: PN6728.5.P3A45no.9
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Reading.
   "According to This Quiz, You're a Male Chauvinist Pig"
   (Herman, copyright 1978) / by Unger. p. 10 in Battered
   Husbands (Redondo Beach, CA : H. Gregory Associates, 1991).
   -- Summary: He's doing the dishes, she's reading a
   magazine. -- Call no.: PN6231.H8G74 1991
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Reading.
   "Ah, Vanity, Vanity, thy name is a 40-Year-Old man with
   Failing Eyesight!" (Fair Game, July 28, 1997) / by
   Stephanie Piro. -- Key word: Reading. -- Call no.:
   PN6726f.B55 "Vanity"
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Reading.
   "As Long As You Get Your Housework Out Of The Way First"*
   (Hagar the Horrible, Mar. 20, 1991) / Chris Browne. p. 55
   in Battered Husbands (Redondo Beach, CA : H. Gregory
   Associates, 1991). -- Summary: Hernia says she'll let
   Hamlet read all he wants after they're married. -- Call
   no.: PN6231.H8G74 1991
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Reading.
   "Be Sure to Ask about Side Effects" (Cornered, July 6,
   1998) / Mike Baldwin. -- Summary: Two men with canes are
   sitting on a park bench; one is reading about Viagra, the
   one speaking has a very very small head. -- Call no.:
   PN6726 f.B55 "viagra"
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Reading.
   The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of
   one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or
   topic. Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
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Reading.
   "Blank Pages"* (Bookworm Benny) 1/2 p. in Li'l Kids, no. 8
   (Oct. 1972). -- Begins: Is that a good book you're reading,
   Benny? -- Call no.: PN6728.4.M3L5no.8
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Reading.
   "Brushing Up on his Plato" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 3,
   1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major is hiding and
   reading in the hayloft to avoid work, except at mealtimes.
   -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.17
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Reading.
   "But Only What Snoopy and Garfield Say"* (Beetle Bailey,
   Sept. 24, 1998) / Mort Walker. -- Summary: Otto's laughing
   at the newspaper, turns out he can read. -- Call no.:
   PN6726 f.B55 "reading"
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Reading.
   "A Case for Reading" p. 111-112 in The Comics Journal, no.
   102 (Sept. 1985). -- Editorial about literacy, illiteracy,
   and the Literacy Volunteers of America. -- Data from Pete
   Coogan. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.102
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Reading.
   "Cocinero" ; p. 39 in Condorito Gigante, no. 418 (1996?) --
   SUMMARY: Condorito applies for a job at a restaurant, but
   he can't cook so they offer to buy him some cookbooks, but
   he can't read.
   k. Condorito. k. Restaurants. k. Jobs. k. Cooking. k.
   Cookbooks. k. Reading. k. Literacy. Call no.:
   PN6790.M44C568no.418
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Reading.
   "Conspiracy to Make Him Read"* (Walnut Cove, Aug. 1, 1997)
   / Cullum & Marshall. -- Summary: There's nothing good on
   television. -- Key words: Remotes, channel surfing. -- Call
   no.: PN6726f.B55 "Reading"
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Reading.
   "Dogs Are From Pluto"* (Bound & Gagged, Aug. 6, 1996) /
   Summers. -- Summary: A dog is reading a book titled Men are
   from Mars, Women are from Venus, Dogs are from Pluto. --
   Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "pluto"
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Reading.
   "From Now On You're a Dog!"* (Chucky and Bub) 6 p. in
   Animal Crackers, no. 9 (1959). -- Summary: Chucky and Bub
   are young pigs who hide in a library to avoid a truant
   officer. Bub reads a book on hypnotism, and hypnotizes
   himself into thinking he's a dog. Then both the dog-catcher
   and the truant officer chase them. -- Call no.:
   PN6728.1.G74A5no.9
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Reading.
   "Good News" / Moebius. 2 p. in Moebius 1/2 (Anaheim, CA :
   Graphitti Designs, 1991). -- Summary: Tony reads in the
   newspaper that he and Margaret are quits; he murders her
   and the police find him by reading it in the newspaper. --
   Originally in Hara-Kiri in 1963 or 1964. -- Call no.:
   PN6747.G5M6213 1991
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Reading.
   "He Could Have Played on the Senior Tour"* (Peanuts, May
   16, 1988) / Schulz. reproduced on p. 130 of Golf in the
   Comic Strips, ed. by Howard Ziehm (General Publishing
   Group, 1997). -- Summary: Charlie Brown reads that Noah
   lived to be 950 years old, and Snoopy reacts. -- Call no.:
   PN6726.G595 1997
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Reading.
   "Hi Ho Silver, Awaaaaaay!?"* (Liberty Meadows, June 15,
   1998) / by Frank Cho. -- Summary: Truman's reading a Lone
   Ranger book, and gets an idea (complete with light bulb) to
   ride Oscar like a horse. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "Lone
   Ranger"
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Reading.
   "His Dog Hated Him"* (Peanuts, Dec. 2, 1991) / Charles M.
   Schulz. -- Summary: Charlie Brown reads about someone who
   had fame and fortune but was never happy, and Snoopy knows
   the reason why. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "fortunes"
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Reading.
   "How Much Longer are You Going to Shake that Tablecloth?"*
   (Herman, copyright 1987) / by Jim Unger. p. 80 in Battered
   Husbands (Redondo Beach, CA : H. Gregory Associates, 1991).
   -- Summary: A wife is reading in a lawn chair and nagging
   her husband about cleaning up; his tablecloth is between
   her chair and a large bull. -- Call no.: PN6231.H8G75 1991
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Reading.
   "How to Drive a Zamboni"* (Peanuts, Oct. 20, 1997) / by
   Schulz. -- Summary: Patty says the money is in figure
   skating, and Marcie asks her what book she's reading. --
   Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "figure skating"
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Reading.
   "How to Overcome Physical Handicaps"* (B.C., July 15, 1985)
   / Hart. -- Summary: The snake is reading a book, and he
   can't put it down. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "handicaps"
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Reading.
   "How to Read Li'l Abner Intelligently" / by Arthur J.
   Brodbeck and David M. White, p. 218-223 in "Comic Books and
   Cartoon Strips." p. 187-224 in Mass Culture : The Popular
   Arts in America (Glencoe, Ill. : Free Press, 1957)
   1. Li'l Abner. 2. Capp, Al. I. Brodbeck, Arthur J. II.
   White, David Manning. k. Reading. Call no.: E169.1.R7755
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Reading.
   "I Like Reading About Cars"* (Grizzwells, June 25, 1998) /
   by Bill Schorr. -- Summary: Tuck is thinking about writing
   an autobiography. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "autobiography"
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Reading.
   "I Haven't Had a Chance to Read the Newspaper Regularly
   since I was a Puppy"* (Martin T. McNamara, Oct. 8, 1984) /
   by Goheen. -- Student strip in Michigan State University
   newspaper, The State News. -- Summary: A dog is grateful
   that a newspaper has been left on the floor. -- Call no.:
   PN6726 f.B55 "puppies"
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Reading.
   "I Told You He'd Stop"* (Liberty Meadows, Jan. 26, 1998) /
   by Frank Cho. -- Summary: Brandy tells Frank to ignore
   Oscar's begging; she goes on reading Animal Psychology,
   while Oscar unseats Frank and gets the sandwich. -- Call
   no.: PN6726 f.B55 "psychology"
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Reading.
   "If You Want a Great Vocabulary and Command of Language,
   don't Read Books, Read Book Reviews"* (Betty, June 22,
   1993) / D&R. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "vocabulary"
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Reading.
   "I'll be Glad when the Puppy is Finally Paper Trained,
   Laura"* (Adam, Nov. 17, 1984) / by Brian Basset. --
   Summary: Adam has to read the sports section on the floor.
   -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "puppies"
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Reading.
   "I'll Start Reading Tomorrow"* / Charles Schulz. p. 5 in
   The Comics Journal, no. 205 (June 1998). -- (Blood &
   Thunder) -- Two-panel response to The Comics Journal, no.
   200, which included a Schulz interview and tributes. --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.205
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Reading.
   Index entry (p. 140) to Understanding Comics, by Scott
   McCloud (New York : HarperCollins, 1994) Call no.:
   PN6710.M39 1994
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Reading.
   "Inner Torture"* (The Far Side, Oct. 22, 1993) / by Gary
   Larson. -- Summary: Surrounded by bound prisoners in a
   dungeon, a hooded guard reads a book titled Inner Torture.
   -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "reading"
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Reading.
   "Inside of a Dog, It's Too Dark To Read"* (Pickles, Feb. 7,
   1998) / by Brian Crane. -- Summary: Nelson asks Grandpa why
   he reads so much, and he says that outside of a dog,
   reading is man's best friend. Roscoe sticks his head up in
   surprise at the punch line. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
   "reading"
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Reading.
   "It Calls for Too Much Exertion"* (Out Our Way, Feb. 7,
   1973) / Neg Cochran. -- (When You'd Love To Live Forever)
   -- Summary: There's too much snow for Pa and Grandpa to
   deal with, Ma's going to call a neighbor boy, and the men
   settle in to smoke and read the paper. -- Call no.: PN6726
   f.B55 "smoking"
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Reading.
   "It's a Good Thing I Can't Read"* (Garfield, Feb. 9, 1984)
   / Jim Davis. -- Summary: Garfield has hidden successfully
   in the dog biscuit jar, though he didn't enjoy his stay. --
   Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "dog food"
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Reading.
   "The Mentoring Gig"* (Over the Hedge, July 31, 1997) /
   Fry-Lewis. -- Key words: Decisions, reading, movies, The
   Iliad, Mr. Magoo, recliners, western civilization. -- Call
   no.: PN6726f.B55 "Mr. Magoo
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Reading.
   "Mr. Wilson Says I'm a Itch He Can't Scratch" (Dennis the
   Menace, Mar. 31, 1993) / Ketcham. -- Situation: Dennis' dad
   is reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe. -- Call no.:
   PN6726 f.B55 "smoking"
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Reading.
   Mit Comics Lesen Lernen / Wolfgang J. Fuchs. -- 5 p. : ill.
   ; 22 cm. -- Photocopy from: Jugend, Film, Fernsehen (Jg.
   18, 1974)
   1. Education through comics. I. Fuchs, Wolfgang J., 1945-
   II. Jugend, Film, Fernsehen. k. Reading. Call no.:
   LB1044.9.C59F8 1974
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Reading.
   "No News, Good News"* (The Pitts, June 3, 1993) / by Tom
   Roy. -- Summary: A man in a propeller beanie is reading a
   blank newspaper. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "newspapers"
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Reading.
   "Pining Away for Kudzu Dubose"* (Kudzu, Sept. 16, 1987) /
   Marlette. -- Summary: Ida Mae Wombat reads her essay about
   her Summer vacation, which included computer camp, selling
   dental floss door-to-door, rushing the stage when Leonard
   Nimoy appeared at an sf convention in Atlanta, and writing
   Kudzu's name in magic markers all over her loose-leaf
   notebook. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "dental floss"
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Reading.
   "Prone to Lying?"* (Feet of Clay, July 28, 1997) / Chris
   Harding. -- Summary: The boss sees a master's degree from
   Harvard on the resumé, but has read in a magazine that
   chimpanzees are prone to lying. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55
   "Harvard"
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Reading.
   "A Real Wheel-Turner"* (Betty, Jan. 22, 1993) / D&R. --
   Summary: Betty's reading a book on her exercise bike. --
   Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "exercycles"
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Reading.
   "The Robert Frost Caddy School"* (B.C., Aug. 31, 1984) /
   Hart. reproduced on p. 131 of Golf in the Comic Strips, ed.
   by Howard Ziehm (General Publishing Group, 1997). --
   Summary: The caddy reads the green, saying, 'The blades are
   lovely, green and slick, Just perfect for your putting
   stick'. -- Call no.: PN6726.G595 1997
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Reading.
   "Rollerbladers"* (Berry's World, Aug. 1, 1997) / Jim Berry.
   -- Undated panel; date from appearance in The Detroit News.
   -- Summary: The rollerblading chauffeur pulls the
   newspaper-reading boss on a tether. -- Call no.:
   PN6726f.B55 "Rollerblades"
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Reading.
   "Romance, Physical Attraction Figure in Today's Scenario"
   (Horrorscope, Aug. 26, 1997) / Kelso & Rickner. -- Summary:
   The victim is in the hospital reading a book: Sex after a
   Heart Attack. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "heart attacks"
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Reading.
   "Shall I Take That as a No, Robert Ludlum?"* (Not Even
   Funny, Oct. 22, 1993) / by Dan Korbas and Justin Bill. --
   Summary: Max asks if he's read Ayn Rand, and he chokes and
   asks for some Clancy, Louis L'Amour, and John LeCarre. --
   College strip, Michigan State University. -- Call no.:
   PN6726 f.B55 "reading"
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Reading.
   "So I Can Read Snoopy"* (Cathy, Nov. 18, 1988) / Guisewite.
   -- Summary: Electra understands why Cathy puts newspaper on
   the floor. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "reading"
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Reading.
   "Sorry, No Vacancy"* (Priscilla's Pop, July 11, 1969) / Al
   Vermeer. -- Summary: Oliver reads a news report about
   homeless dogs, then looks at his comfortable dog house, and
   hangs a sign. -- Call no.: PN6728.P76F6 1947v.12
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Reading.
   "Sounds Like My First Marriage"* (Single Slices, 1990) / by
   Peter Kohlsaat. reproduced on p. 164 of Golf in the Comic
   Strips, ed. by Howard Ziehm (General Publishing Group,
   1997). -- Summary: Reading the description of the next
   hole: dogleg right, blind approach, water hazard,
   bunkers... -- Call no.: PN6726.G595 1997
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Reading.
   "That'll Be Five Bucks!"* (Eek and Meek, Feb. 11, 1971) /
   Schneider. -- Summary: Meek stops at 'Eek's Free Advice"
   for some advice, and Eek says not to believe everything you
   read. -- The characters are mice. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
   "advice"
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Reading.
   "There's a Guy at the Door Wants to Know What I Think of
   Women's Lib. What Shall I Tell Him?" (Herman, copyright
   1978) / by Unger. p. 105 in Battered Husbands (Redondo
   Beach, CA : H. Gregory Associates, 1991). -- Summary: He's
   holding a broom, and speaking to his wife who is reading
   and eating chocolates. -- Call no.: PN6231.H8G75 1991
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Reading.
   "These Things'll Kill Ya"* (Jump Start, June 18, 1997) /
   Armstrong. -- Summary: Ashburn says non-smokers exaggerate
   the dangers of smoking; Joe reads the new cigarette warning
   label. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "smoking"
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Reading.
   "They Actually Retain Very Little of What They Read"*
   (Mister Boffo, Mar. 5, 1987) / Joe Martin. -- Summary:
   Boffo is talking while Weederman reads a book. -- Call no.:
   PN6726 f.B55 "retention"
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Reading.
   "This is How the Flu Epidemic Began"* (Peanuts, Nov. 22,
   1991) / Schulz. -- Summary: Charlie Brown begins to read
   Snoopy's report on the World War I epidemic to his class:
   "It was a dark and stormy night." -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55
   "flu"
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Reading.
   "This Man was Parked in a Handicapped Spot"* (Wizard of Id,
   May 8, 1993) / Parker. -- Summary: The king finds out the
   prisoner can't read, and considers that handicap enough. --
   Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "handicaps"
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Reading.
   "The Two Turnips Stuck in his Ears Making Life Bearable,
   But Only Barely"* (Bloom County, Dec. 1, 1986) / by Berke
   Breathed. -- Summary: Rosebud hears the band rehearsing
   (Opus on tuba, Hodge-Podge on percussion, and Bill twanging
   his tongue), and retreats to read Sinatra, by Kitty Kelly.
   -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "rehearsal"
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Reading.
   "The Unbearable Lightness of Reading" / by Ever Meulen.
   cover of The New Yorker, v. 75, no. 29 (Oct. 4, 1999) -- A
   couple floats in the air while reading books. -- Call no.:
   AP2.N52v.75no.29
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Reading.
   "Waltz or Mambo?"* (The Flibbertys, July 12, 1955) / Ray
   Helle. -- Summary: The daughter's reading a magazine,
   advising Mom to play music while doing disagreeable jobs ;
   Mom gives her a mop and bucket and goes to the record
   player. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "music"
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Reading.
   "We Don't Eat Dog Food, and He Can't Read!"* (Donald Duck,
   Jan. 13, 1953) -- Summary: Donald has bought a new dish for
   the pup with his name on it ("Fido"), and Louie says he got
   took. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "dog dishes"
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Reading.
   "Weed Kill"* (Between Friends, July 8, 1999) / Bell-Lundy.
   -- Summary: The death of a dandelion in a fog of spray
   interrupts the perusal of a issue of Organic Gardening. --
   Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "weeds"
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Reading.
   "What a Disgusting Time for the Odds to Change"* (Born
   Loser, Sept. 5, 1984) / Art Sansom. -- Summary: Gladys
   reads that by the time a man reaches age 70 there are 5
   women for every man; Brutus is unimpressed. -- Key word:
   Statistics, aging. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "odds"
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Reading.
   "What Do You Care Who Wrote It?"* (Arlo & Janis, July 6,
   1998) / Johnson. -- Summary: Arlo is reading to his cat,
   apparently from Snoopy's novel: "It was a dark and stormy
   night. Suddenly a shot rang out!" -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
   "Peanuts"
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Reading.
   "When I Told Her You're in the Same Class at School, she
   Said She Didn't Remember You"* (Peanuts, Aug. 3, 1994) /
   Schulz. -- Summary: And she can't read Charlie Brown's
   smudgy writing. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "smudges"
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Reading.
   "Why Yell at Him? Dogs Can't Read"* (Lancelot, Jan. 23,
   1971) / Coker-Penn. -- Summary: Cyrano walks by a 'no dogs
   allowed' sign with the store's doorman yelling at him, then
   checks the directory for pet supplies. -- Call no.: PN6726
   f.B55 "department stores"
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Reading.
   "The Young Lady Across the Way" / by Harry J. Westerman and
   Robert O. Ryder. p. 477 in Cartoons Magazine, v. 11, no. 4
   (Apr. 1917). -- Three cartoons, about longevity, reading,
   and capital punishment. -- Call no.: NC1300.C37v.11no.4
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Reading.
   "Your Incessant Page Flipping has Cooled My Pasta"* (Cathy,
   Sept. 15, 1993) / Cathy Guisewite. -- Summary: Cathy's
   reading a dog care book about not confusing a dog's status,
   and Electra demands to have her food reheated. -- Call no.:
   PN6726 f.B55 "pasta"
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"Readin' All Them Postcards Sure Enough Wore Me Out"* (Pogo,
   Mar. 29, 1991) / Sternecky. -- Summary: Albert finds the
   post office business is harder than he expected. -- Call
   no.: PN6726 f.B55 "postcards"
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Reading aloud.
   The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of
   one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or
   topic. Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
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"Reading American Comics : An Australian View" / by Tony
   Didio. p. 52-55 in Comic Book Marketplace, v. 2, no. 58
   (Apr. 1998). -- Mainly on Australian reprints of U.S. comic
   books. -- Call no.: PN6714.C632v.2no.58
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Reading and Audience.
   "Questions of Reading and Audience" p. 29-30 in The Comics
   Journal, no. 208 (Nov. 1998). -- (News Watch) -- Describes
   presentations at the Fourth International Comics and
   Animation Festival (Sept. 24-27, 1998): Jonathan Frome on
   Scott McCloud ("Identification in Comics") ; John F. Ronan
   on Gilles Deleuze and underground comics ("Deleuze and
   Comics : Image, Repetition, Representation, Series) ;
   Joseph Witek ("American Comics Discourse : A Historical
   Survey") -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.208
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Reading Audiences: Young People and the Media.
   Seeing How Far You Can See : On Being A Fan Of 2000 AD /
   Martin Barker. -- p. 159-183 ; 28 cm. -- Photocopy from:
   Reading Audiences: Young People and the Media / D.
   Buckingham, ed. (Manchester : Manchester University Press,
   1993) -- About the British science fiction comic book. --
   Call no.: PN6735.B36S4 1993
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Reading Comics

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Reading Comics.
   Adult Literary Responses to Comic Strip Narratives among
   Inmates of a Correctional Institution / by Mildred M.
   Higgins. -- 1969. -- 122 leaves. -- Thesis (Ph.D.), Florida
   State University, 1969. -- Bibliography: leaves 117-120. --
   Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms
   International, 1990. 21 cm.
   1. Reading (Adult education)  2. Education through comics.
   3. Prisoners and comics. I. Higgins, Mildred M. II. Florida
   State University. k. Inmates. Call no.: LC5225.R4H54 1969a
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Reading Comics.
   "Comics and How to Read Them" / Wolfgang Max Faust ; with
   technical assistance from R. Baird Shuman. -- p. 194-202 :
   ill. -- In Journal of Popular Culture, v. 5, no. 1 (Summer
   1971) -- Call no.: PN2.J6v.5no.1
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Reading Comics.
   "I Just Changed His Cage. I Think He's Still Reading the
   Comics"* (Pickles, Dec. 21, 1999) / B. Crane. -- Summary:
   The parrot won't talk to Nelson. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
   "birds"
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Reading Comics.
   Index entry (p. 192-194) in Comic Book Rebels / ed. by S.
   Wiater and S.R. Bissette. New York : D.I. Fine, 1993. Call
   no.: PN6725.C69 1993
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Reading Comics.
   Pupil Dictated Captions and Prose for Familiar Comics and
   Cartoons as a Stimulus for Reading in Grade One / by Edward
   John Shaffer. -- 1965. -- 80 leaves : ill. -- Thesis
   (Ph.D)--Florida State University. -- Bibliography: leaves
   61-66. -- Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University
   Microfilms International, 1990. 20 cm.
   1. Education through comics. 2. Children and comics.
   children. 3. Language arts (Elementary)  4. Reading
   (Elementary) I. Shaffer, Edward John. II. Florida State
   University. III. University Microfilms International. k.
   Captions. Call no.: LB1573.S42 1965a
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Reading Comics.
   "Slouching on the Job"* (Out Our Way, June 2, 1948) (Why
   Mothers Get Gray) / J. R. Williams. -- Summary: Taking some
   Ether, i.e., Relaxed Posture, Reading Comics and Magazines
   while Dishwashing, means they won't have such Horrible
   Memories of it. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "Ether"
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Reading Comics.
   To Father with Love / selected by Aileene Herrbach
   Neighbors ; photography by Rick Lyons. -- Kansas City, Mo.
   : Hallmark Editions, 1977. -- 45 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm. --
   A Father's Day gift book, with color dust jacket and
   frontispiece photographs showing dads reading the Sunday
   funnies. -- Call no.: HQ756.T59 1977
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Reading Comprehension.
   Be a Better Reader : Level D / Nila Banton Smith. --
   Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Globe Book Co., 1978. -- 204 p. :
   ill. ; 28 cm. -- Grades 4-12. -- Line drawings throughout
   (with word balloons) by Sal Murdocca.
   1. Reading comprehension--Comic books, strips, etc. I.
   Smith, Nila Banton. II. Murdocca, Sal. III. Globe Book Co.
   Call no.: LB1050.5.S52 1978
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"Reading Frenzy Loses Lease : Cutting-Edge Portland, Ore.,
   Book Store Out; Tacos In" / Kip Manley. p. 14-15 in The
   Comics Journal, no. 207 (Sept. 1998). -- (News Watch) --
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.207
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Reading Glasses.
   "I've Got the Opthalmologist. What's a Good Time?"* (Perky
   & Beanz, Jan. 7, 1987) / Russell Myers. -- Summary: Beanz
   claims he doesn't need reading glasses. -- Call no.: PN6726
   f.B55 "opthalmology"
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Reading Iconotexts : from Swift to the French Revolution /
   Peter Wagner. -- London : Reaktion Books, 1995. -- 211 p. :
   ill. ; 25 cm. -- (Picturing history) -- Includes
   bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
   1. Art and literature. 2. Visual literacy. I. Wagner,
   Peter, 1949- II. Series. III. Reaktion Books. k.
   Iconotexts. Call no.: PN53 .W24 1995
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Reading Iconotexts--Reviews.
   "Tissues of Allusions : Reading Iconotexts" / a review by
   Leonard Rifas. p. 27 in The Comics Journal, no. 188 (July
   1996) -- (Comics Library)
   1. Reading Iconotexts--Reviews. 2. Wagner, Peter, 1949- I.
   Rifas, Leonard. Call no.: PN6700.C62no.188
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Reading in Bed.
   "I'll Get Some Bulbs Tomorrow" (Ballard Street, July 30,
   1997) / by Jerry Van Amerongen. -- Key words: Candles,
   reading in bed, light bulbs. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55
   "Candles"
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"Reading in Comfort"* (Rivets, June 20, 1962) / Sixta. --
   Summary: Steve and Rivets climb into Dad's lap to read
   their comic book. -- Call no.: PN6728.R56F61962v.1
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"Reading in the Street"* (Bookworm Benny) 1/2 p. in Li'l Kids,
   no. 8 (Oct. 1972). -- Begins: Benny, you shouldn't read
   while you walk. -- Call no.: PN6728.4.M3L5no.8
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Reading Lists
See Summer Reading Lists
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Reading Magazines.
   "Slouching on the Job"* (Out Our Way, June 2, 1948) (Why
   Mothers Get Gray) / J. R. Williams. -- Summary: Taking some
   ether, i.e., relaxed posture, reading comics and magazines
   while dishwashing, means they won't have such horrible
   memories of it. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "ether"
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Reading Minds.
   "Beware, I Can Read Your Mind" 6 p. in The Unexpected, no.
   157 (May/June 1974) ; reprinted from Tales of the
   Unexpected, no. 7 (Nov. 1956), per Michael Tiefenbacher. --
   Call no.: PN6728.2.N3T3no.157
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"Reading Minds at the Words and Pictures Museum" p. 16 in The
   Comics Journal, no. 188 (July 1996) (Newswatch)
   1. Sim, Dave--Exhibitions. 2. Cerebus the
   Aardvark--Exhibitions. 3. Minds. 4. Exhibitions of comics.
   Call no.: PN6700.C62no.188
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Reading of sequential art.
   Index entry (p. 22, 34, 44) in Comic Books as History, by
   Joseph Witek (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi,
   1989). Call no.: PN6725.W52 1989b
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Reading order.
   Index entry (p. 11, 14, 85-86, 97, 105) to Understanding
   Comics, by Scott McCloud (New York : HarperCollins, 1994)
   Call no.: PN6710.M39 1994
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Reading People.
   "The Library of Souls" (Batman) / art: Jim Aparo ; script:
   Peter Milligan ; colorist: Adrienne Roy ; letterer: Jim
   Aparo. 22 p. in Detective Comics, no. 643 (Apr. 1992) --
   Summary: A murderer, who says he can "read people like a
   book," establishes the occupation of each victim and leaves
   the bodies in jackets with three-digit numbers on them. One
   of the victims is found in a library, and Batman notices
   the Dewey numbers on the books. He guesses that the killer
   is a librarian, though the librarian explaining the
   classification system to him disagrees: "That's a
   defamation of character. Libarians are gentle, bookish
   souls." But Batman is correct. -- Data from Bill Wormstedt,
   et al., via Grand Comic-Book Database Project. -- Call no.:
   PN6728.1.N3D4no.643
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Reading skills/habits and comic books.
   Index entry (p. 9-11, 14, 24, 94) in Seal of Approval, the
   History of the Comics Code, by A. Kiste Nyberg (Jackson,
   Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, 1998). -- Call
   no.: PN6725.N953 1998
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Reading skills impaired by comic books.
   Index entry (p. 10, 99, 120-145) to Seduction of the
   Innocent, by Frederic Wertham (New York : Rinehart, 1954).
   Call no.: HQ784.C6W4
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"Reading the Paper" / R. Feinberg. p. 3 in The Comics Journal,
   no. 209 (Dec. 1998). -- (Blood & Thunder) -- Letter on
   alternative newspaper strips. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.209
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Reading the Rabbit : Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation /
   edited by Kevin S. Sandler. -- New Brunswick, N.J. :
   Rutgers University Press, 1998. -- 271 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
   -- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-255) and
   index. -- Contents:
      Introduction : Looney Tunes and Merry Metonyms / Kevin
   S. Sandler
      A short critical history of Warner Bros. cartoons /
   Barry Putterman
      From Disney to Warner Bros. : the critical shift /
   Timothy R. White
      Charlie Thorson and the temporary Disneyfication of
   Warner Bros. cartoons / Gene Walz
      From vaudeville to Hollywood, from silence to sound :
   Warner Bros. cartoons of the early sound era / Hank Sartin
      The image of the hillbilly in Warner Bros. cartoons of
   the thirties / Michael Frierson
      The view from Termite Terrace : caricature and parody in
   Warner Bros. animation / Donald Crafton
      Darker shades of animation : African-American images in
   the Warner Bros. cartoon / Terry Lindvall and Ben Fraser
      "Ah, love! Zee grand illusion!" : Pepé le Pew,
   narcissism, and cats in the Casbah / Kirsten Moana Thompson
      Gendered evasion : Bugs Bunny in drag / Kevin S. Sandler
      Selling Bugs Bunny : Warner Bros. and character
   merchandising in the nineties / Lindy Simensky
      Fans versus Time Warner : who owns Looney Tunes? / Bill
   Mikulak
      Hybrid Cinema : the Mask, masques, and Tex Avery /
   Norman M. Klein
  -- Call no.: NC1766.U52W37365 1998
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"Reading to Avoid Talking"* (Hagar the Horrible, Apr. 16,
   1989) / by Dik Browne. p. 54 in Battered Husbands (Redondo
   Beach, CA : H. Gregory Associates, 1991). -- Summary:
   Hernia wants to talk about wedding plans, and Hamlet's nose
   goes right back into the book. -- Call no.: PN6231.H8G74
   1991
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"Reading, Writing" / Andy Konky Kru. p. 2 in The Comics
   Journal, no. 195 (Apr. 1997) -- (Blood & Thunder) - --
   Letter to the editor.
   I. Kru, Andy Konky. Call no.: PN6700.C62no.195
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"Readin', Writin', and Redskins" (Tomahawk) in Tomahawk, no. 6
   (July/Aug. 1951) -- Data from Gene Reed. -- Call no.: Film
   15791r.615
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Reading Your Local Gay & Lesbian Newspaper.
   "How to Read your Local Gay & Lesbian Newspaper" (Curbside)
   / by Robert Kirby. p. 24 in Gay Comics, no. 17 (Early 1993)
   -- Strip title from contents page.
   I. Kirby, Robert. II. Curbside. k. Reading your Local Gay &
   Lesbian Newspaper. k. Gay and Lesbian Newspapers. k.
   Lesbian and Gay Newspapers. k. Newspapers. Call no.:
   PN6728.45.K5G3no.17
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Readings.
   "Duplicate Barograph Readings"* (Flyin' Jenny) 1 p. in
   Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics, no. 2 (Oct. 1940) -- Sunday
   page reprint.
   I. Keaton, Russell. II. Flyin' Jenny. k. Barograph
   Readings. k. Readings. Call no.: Film 15791r.194
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Readings in Mass Communication.
   "Color and the Comics" / Jack E. White, Jr. -- p. 398-403 ;
   28 cm. -- In Readings in Mass Communication (Dubuque, Ia :
   W.C. Brown, 1972) -- About African Americans in comics. --
   Reprinted from Columbia Journalism Review, Winter
   1969/1970. -- Call no.: PN6725.W465 1972
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Readout Screens.
   "Zora" / by Fernando Fernandez. p. 78-81 in Heavy Metal, v.
   7, no. 1 (Apr. 1983). -- "As Amon hovers near death in one
   of the honeycomb's auto-medics, his memories projected on
   the machine's read-out screen show an alien attack that
   took place during his hibernation." -- Call no.:
   PN6728.H43v.7no.1
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Readouts.
   "This One Determines the Odds of Me Ever Fathering a
   Child"* (Off the Mark, June 30, 2000) / Mark Parisi. --
   Summary: A bicyclist is explaining what all the readouts on
   his handlebars are for. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
   "bicycles"
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"'Reads' and the Comics Industry."
   "The Story that Wasn't: 'Reads' and the Comics Industry" /
   by J. Hagey and Kim Thompson p. 112-117 in The Comics
   Journal, no. 174 (Feb. 1995) (That's Just Dave)
   1. Sim, Dave. I. Hagey, J. II. Thompson, Kim. III. "'Reads"
   and the Comics Industry." Call no.: PN6700.C62no.174
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"Reads Kael" / Bob Gonzales. p. 32 in The Comics Journal, no.
   138 (Oct. 1990) -- Letter about Pauline Kael, and
   plagiarism. -- Data from Pete Coogan. -- Call no.:
   PN6700.C62no.138
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"Ready, Aim, Fire!" (Canteen Kate) 6 p. in Fightin' Marines,
   no. 6 (June 1952)
   I. Canteen Kate. k. Aiming. k. Firing. Call no.:
   PN6728.1.S3T4no.6
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"Ready, Aim, Fire" (Hero Hotline) / Stephen DeStefano, pencils
   ; Kurt Schaffenberger, inks ; Bob Rozakis, story ; Brian
   Agustyn, story editor ; Bob Rozakis, colors ; Augustyn Mas,
   letters. 7 p. in Action Comics, no. 640 (Feb. 28, 1989). --
   Data from Jon Ingersoll, Bob Klein, Brian Mowbray via Grand
   Comic-Book Database. -- Call no.: PN6728.1.N3A2no.640
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"Ready an' Rarin' to Go" (Yaruki Man-man).
   Index entry (p. 13) in Manga! Manga! : The World of
   Japanese Comics, by Frederik L. Schodt. Updated pbk. ed.
   (Tokyo : Kodansha International, 1986). -- Call no.:
   PN6790.J3S3 1986
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"Ready and Waiting!" (Li'l Leroy) 1 p. in Binky, no. 80 (Aug.
   1971). -- Call no.: PN6728.1.N3L4no.80
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Ready for the Impossible.
   "Are You Ready for the Impossible" 3 p. in Amazing
   Adventures, no. 25 (July 1974) -- Reprint. -- Data from
   George Olshevsky.
   k. Ready for the Impossible. k. The Impossible. Call no.:
   PN6728.4.M3A5no.25.
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Ready-mix.
   The Blank in the Comics strip collection includes a file of
   one or more daily comic strips related to this keyword or
   topic. Call no.: PN6726 f.B55
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Ready Money Ladies.
   Index entry (p. 53) in The Art of the Funnies / by R.C.
   Harvey (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1994)
   Call no.: PN6710.H35 1994
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Ready Money Ladies.
   Index entry (p. 245) in The Encyclopedia of American
   Comics, ed. by Ron Goulart (New York : Facts on File,
   1990). Call no.: PN6725.E64 1990
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"Ready Or Not, Here I Come!"* (Liberty Meadows, Feb. 5, 1998)
   / by Frank Cho. -- Summary: Truman and Oscar are playing
   hide and go seek; Oscar startles Truman up a tree. -- Call
   no.: PN6726 f.B55 "hide and seek"
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