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Finally back in print after a prolonged absence, The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 14: The Early '80s and Weirdo Magazine continues the multi-volume series comprising the complete works of the legendary cartoonist R. Crumb, one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising artists.— ComicList Headlines
Nothing seems false, mind you, but neither does it seem particularly trenchant or specific.— GreenCine Daily
"The movie paints a tragic picture of mindless, aimless, violent and destructive behavior," Ebert notes, nevertheless endorsing the saga as a trenchant read of contemporary youth culture.— Gawker
Our correspondent said Mr McBride, who has worked for Gordon Brown for many years, became unpopular with some MP s for his trenchant briefings to journalists— BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
No more elaborate, trenchant, and unflinching attack on the very fundamental propositions of theology, natural or revealed, is to be found in literature.— Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.

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