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" Writing 'Jughead' in general is a pleasure because - and I think a lot of very tall guys can agree with me on this - there was a time in my teenage years where I just ate all the time and never got full. "

Ryan North

Think

Never

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Ryan North

Survive

People

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Ryan North

Sometimes

Feel

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