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    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #36: Attitude Adjustment</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;And now we get a little further into some of the screwball world that surrounds Benedict's lands in &lt;strong&gt;Sword &amp; Sarcasm&lt;/strong&gt;. Pretty much nothing is as anyone would expect!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #35: The Hairy Truth</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;John's just back from&lt;/font&gt; Wizard World Chicago — it was great seeing everyone! Got to catch up with a lot of webcomics folk — including &lt;strong&gt;John Kovalic&lt;/strong&gt;, whose &lt;a href="http://www.dorktower.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dork Tower&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is the Energizer Bunny (is that reference even used anymore?) of comics. Drop by and check it out!&lt;br /&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #34: Oh, the Humanity...</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Sounds like Benedict's gotten in trouble again. Big surprise!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;We're both down over the passing of &lt;strong&gt;George Carlin&lt;/strong&gt; — John has some remembrances over on his &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.farawaypress.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Faraway Looks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; blog. He'll be missed — he inspired a lot. (Including, coincidentally, a bit coming up here in a few weeks. More on that later.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Finally — if you're going to &lt;strong&gt;Wizard World Chicago&lt;/strong&gt; this weekend, drop by the Dark Horse Comics booth. John will be signing there starting at noon on Saturday and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;1 p.m. on Sunday. See you then!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #33: Moon Over My Hammy</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;And welcome to another week of Sword &amp; Sarcasm. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;John will be at Wizard World Chicago later this week — check back here Thursday for his signing times at the &lt;strong&gt;Dark Horse Comics&lt;/strong&gt; booth!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #32: A Henchman's Work Is Never Done</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;And welcome to another Thursday strip — this one actually featuring both a sword and sarcasm!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where sarcasm resides...</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;...science has followed. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The New York Times &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;has a piece on &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/research/03sarc.html?ex=1228622400&amp;en=03e580d3852b34b7&amp;ei=5087&amp;WT.mc_id=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M047-OP-0608-HDR&amp;WT.mc_ev=click&amp;mkt=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M047-OP-0608-HDR" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the scientific process behind the production of sarcasm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Who knew?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #31: The Soul of Generosity</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;And we see again this episode just why Duke Benedict's people miss him so much!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;Another show appearance in a couple of weeks; John will be at Wizard World Chicago, signing at the Dark Horse booth on Saturday and Sunday. Check back soon for specific times!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #30: I Never Studied Law</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;Again, another strip that should ring some familiar bells for readers of &lt;a href="http://www.swordandsarcasm.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=253&amp;tabid=268"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;our first story!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #29: Dinner Choices</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;And welcome to another week of &lt;strong&gt;Sword &amp; Sarcasm&lt;/strong&gt;. Enjoy your meal!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sword &amp; Sarcasm #28: Meet Slobbler!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;And turnabout is fair play — rotisserie-style! Check &lt;a href="http://www.swordandsarcasm.com/TheStrips/ChapterI/tabid/253/moduleid/1294/viewkey/photo/photoid/89/Default.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for Benedict's similar-yet-different experience!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;More links to the right, as we're listed on several more webcomics lists from &lt;a href="http://www.belfry.com/comics/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Belfry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="http://www.onlinecomics.net" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OnlineComics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Be sure to drop in and register your approval of S&amp;S — your votes bring us new readers!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;We've also added a link to &lt;strong&gt;Steve Horton&lt;/strong&gt;'s new book on creating webcomics. Steve worked with John years ago at &lt;strong&gt;Scrye&lt;/strong&gt;... good luck with the new book!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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