A panel of experts, each representing a different discipline of the humanities or sciences, has determined that these comics strips were the Objective Best of Tom the Dancing Bug in 2013.
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First They Came to Register.
Created in the baffling political landscape that followed Sandy Hook.
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God-Man: Rebooted.
Another example of why I like God-Man so much. I can think of an ordinary superhero convention (e.g., reboots and character evolution over time), and when I apply it to God-Man something I didn't even expect comes up.
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Super-Fun-Pak Comix: Percival Dunwoody vs. Hitler.
This comic ran afoul of Godwin's law right after the title.
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School Time Rock: "I'm Just a Law."
Remember when Republicans were screaming that it was part of the legislative process to threaten to harm the economy in order to repeal a law? Those were good times.
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A Very Chagrin Falls Thanksgiving.
2013 saw the launch of the Chagrin Falls characters, and this installment was probably the most viral of all the Tom the Dancing Bugs of the year. Apologies if tweets and emails of it interrupted your Thanksgiving dinner, but it was great fun for me to see this hit the internet hard.
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Disagree with these choices? Check out the year's comics here, and please do feel free to facebook or tweet (#tomthedancingbug) links to your favorites. I'd love to know.
Happy New Year, All! May 2014 bring you health, joy, laughter and the good favor of a righteous, pseudo-scientific wish-fulfiller!
Love,
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