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Dan Liebert, Verbal Cartoonist. By Dan Liebert www.verbalcartoonist.com - - - - Seeing the World Anew. Anything can seem strange and new if you stare at it long enough—for instance, the big, misshapen nose of that woman crying over there. - - - - PREVIOUS VERBAL CARTOONS - - - - Seeing the World Anew (5/12/08) Evolution? (4/30/08) The Power of Sex (4/15/08) Cave Paintings (4/1/08) Home Depot Nightmare (3/17/08) Career Choice (3/5/08) Loneliness (2/19/08) La Vida Loca! (2/6/08) Language Limits Us (1/16/08) A New Guinea Native (1/9/08) The Mystical Me (12/19/07) Family (12/5/07) A Good Lesson (11/28/07) Puberty (11/14/07) Tornado (11/7/07) Merry-Go-Round (10/16/07) Computer Chip (10/3/07) No "Doormat" for Me (9/12/07) Student Days (8/24/07) Writer's Block (8/7/07) The Game of Horseshoes (7/27/07) Popeye and Spinach (7/17/07) My Dad's Rules for Living (7/9/07) Cough Syrup (6/26/07) Colonial Williamsburg (6/18/07) My Proudest Possession (6/4/07) Rickshaw (5/14/07) My Living Will (4/30/07) Lonely in a Crowd (4/17/07) Good Manners (4/2/07) Turtle Issues (3/7/07) Winky (2/27/07) Civil War Re-enactors (2/13/07) A Summer Reverie (1/30/07) But Who Will Play Me? (1/18/07) Blood Drive (1/11/07) The Christmas Story (12/18/06) Fun Facts to Know and Tell (12/13/06) Feelings (12/6/06) Wolf-Child (11/30/06) A Unique Opportunity (11/16/06) Licensed Aromatherapy (11/10/06) Gang of Toddlers (11/2/06) Respecting My Boundaries (10/24/06) Roaches (10/11/06)

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