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Blasts From the Past

Some bits written and drawn for the old Cracked magazine back in the day when the world was in black and white and the digital age was in single digits. Watch the drawing style changes over the years from Ye Olde Transport Catalogue to Police Line-ups Around the World.

If you like those, you might want to check out a couple updated versions from the same source. The Future Ain't What it Used to be and Tanks, But no Tanks. Those links are to the left.

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Those Darn Cats

Our Deal With The Devils

How and why were cats ever domesticated? I can see the case for dogs, they're useful. But cats are too small to pull a sled. They can't be used to herd sheep or any type of livestock bigger than a chicken. Nobody herds chickens anyway. You can't take a cat hunting. Fire a shotgun one time and it'll bolt. Scaredy-cat! They will hunt mice, in which case it'll leave the headless carcass on your pillow as a trophy. And forget about protection, should an intruder break in you'll find they made it under the bed to hide well before you did.

Basically what we get from cats is a purring ball of warm fur to sit on our lap and not much more...

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