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Sunday Trending Topics: Fool Me Once… A Year

Published Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:56:33 -0500

Last updated Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:56:44 -0500

So that's over for another year. Gotta admit I'm one of those people who finds April Fools the most annoying internet day of the year, but there were a few good ones this time around — notably IDW's Mars Attacks Broadway Musical written by John Layman. And Scott Dunbier got me for about 5 minutes with this tweet. What can I say? I'm an original art guy, and the thought of an enormous Winsor McCay art book temporarily overpowered reason.

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