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" I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things. "
Jerry Robinson
Interesting
Always
Heroes
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" I did 32 years of political cartoons, one every day for six days a week, I wrote and drew every word, every line. That body of work is the one I'm proudest of. "
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