To Mom and Shannon & Stella
Thanks to Michael Gerber, American Bystander; Marty Dundics, Weekly Humorist; Emma & Colin; Pat Byrnes & Ken Krimstein; Pam Rubin Knox; Bob Mankoff. Special thanks to my pal Brett Neveu for his wiseass counsel, and to my wife Shannon Sparks for suggested changes to pg. 85. Super special thanks to Craig and Clizia at Yoe Books for this opportunity. Pgs. 66, 118, 132 from the collection of Craig J. Lane; Pg. 128 from the collection of Dan Barrett; Pg. 50 from the collection of Roberta Rakove; Pg. 103 from the collection of Tim Glisson. –R. S. YoeBooks.com: Craig Yoe & Clizia Gussoni, Chief Executive Officers and Creative Directors • Jeff Trexler, Attorney • Steven Thompson, Publicist. IDW Publishing: Chris Ryall, President, Publisher, & CCO • John Barber, Editor-In-Chief • Cara Morrison, Chief Financial Officer • Matt Ruzicka, Chief Accounting Officer • David Hedgecock, Associate Publisher • Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development • Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services • Justin Eisinger, Editorial Director, Graphic Novels & Collections • Eric Moss, Senior Director, Licensing and Business Development Ted Adams and Robbie Robbins, IDW Founders ISBN: 9781684068241
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