Sac's

Boris's strip didn't win the contest, but the feedback from voters and pros -- including Stan Lee and "Cul de Sac's" Richard Thompson -- was enough to help stoke his creative passion.

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That's just the tip of the comics-talent iceberg when it comes to cartoonists (and related artists) past and present who have D. C.-area roots, and Comic Riffs dwells on this whenever we talk to "Cul de Sac's" Richard Thompson or attend a Gigacon or interview "Toy Story 3" writer Michael Arndt. -- and the question presented itself front-and-center again when a panel of cartoonists gathered Saturday near the ALA conference.

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Now, this "high bigfoot" style gets a grade-A tribute from a modern master: "Cul de Sac's" Richard Thompson.

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GW: Garry has seen it, and [ "Cul de Sac's"] Richard Thompson, too; I asked them to be blunt, and they were.

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I was very thankful to find a second hand store that the large retailers in the area, such as Sac's, Macy's, Lord and Taylor, etc., donated their end of season merchandise.

SORIANAS IS OPEN 2004

I was very thankful to find a second hand store that the large retailers in the area, such as Sac's, Macy's, Lord and Taylor, etc., donated their end of season merchandise.

SORIANAS IS OPEN 2004

I was very thankful to find a second hand store that the large retailers in the area, such as Sac's, Macy's, Lord and Taylor, etc., donated their end of season merchandise.

SORIANAS IS OPEN 2004

I was very thankful to find a second hand store that the large retailers in the area, such as Sac's, Macy's, Lord and Taylor, etc., donated their end of season merchandise.

SORIANAS IS OPEN 2004

I was very thankful to find a second hand store that the large retailers in the area, such as Sac's, Macy's, Lord and Taylor, etc., donated their end of season merchandise.

SORIANAS IS OPEN 2004

I was very thankful to find a second hand store that the large retailers in the area, such as Sac's, Macy's, Lord and Taylor, etc., donated their end of season merchandise.

SORIANAS IS OPEN 2004