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  • Cooper has been busy in recent years: at one point, he was simultaneously creating three different serials for various anthologies: "Dan & Larry" in Dark Horse Presents, "Crumple" in Zero Zero, and the all-ages "Pip & Norton," published in a wide array of publications.

    Boing Boing: June 1, 2003 - June 7, 2003 Archives 2003

  • Meaning: Crumple up your girlfriend's infantile test, and lob it into the trash.

    Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend's distrust must be confronted, not mollified Carolyn Hax 2010

  • Split up a couple of pieces of dry wood. (cedar works well) Crumple up a bunch of individual pages of newpaper on floor of box.

    Instant Firestarter 2010

  • Crumple zones, self-repairing bumpers, and headlights with wipers and washers followed in the 1960s and 1970s.

    Swedish Auto Maker Saab Runs Out of Road Christina Zander 2011

  • Crumple it into a ball, set it alight with your lighter, then bounce it into your neighbour's cubicle.

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • Crumple up the paper into a ball and burn it to ashes.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • The biggest paintings in the show, Crumple VI and Crumple VII (2009), look like a crumpled sheet of paper, greatly enlarged.

    Two Artists Who May Stick Around 2009

  • It's funny that for the last month I've been calling the small gap I let go between myself and the sprinters at the line the "The Crumple Zone."

    Blanket (Tour) Coverage: Cozy or Smothering? BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Crumple up into a pile of jelly and retreat to a warm bath.

    You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009

  • Luna Lovegood, the eccentric Ravenclaw who was fascinated with Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Umgubular Slashkilters, continues to march to the beat of her own drum.

    Women in Science Link Roundup: The Arts Peggy 2007

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