The American Bystander's Viral Load
Michael Gerber, Jason Chatfield, Laura FoxFunny writing from The American Bystander, "the world's best print humor magazine."
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Editor & Publisher of America's all-star print humor quarterly, since October 2015.
New Yorker Cartoonist, Author & Stand-up Comedian in NYC. Blocked by Trump… Cartoon Editor of Metropolitan Review • Former President, National Cartoonists Society • New York Times / Esquire / Air Mail / MAD Magazine \ud83d\udcd6 NEW BOOK OUT OCT 13!
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