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Author: Adam McGovern

Adam McGovern has written for Image Comics (Nightworld; Aquaria), Dark Horse Comics, GG Studio and others. His poems and essays have appeared in venues including The Rumpus and LA Review of Books, and he lectures on comics and culture at institutions including California State University and the Biblioteca Salaborsa in Bologna, Italy. His own blog is at Fanchild and his face is in a book here.

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Mottos, mantras, speeches, slogans, and other words to live by.

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Reboots on the ground: Wiring MICRO-FACE for the 2020s

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Fawlty memories…

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Hatchet jobs and emotional work with AX-WIELDER JON’s Nick Pitarra

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Blerd up with JOHN JENNINGS’ days of Afrofuture past!

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She’s resolved to look her worst nightmare in the eye.

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Escape Velocity: EMMA AMOS, 1937–2020

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Eternal rewards and divine details

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NERD YOUR ENTHUSIASM (13)

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The figures seem to be pulsing between states of being

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By: Adam McGovern

Uncancellable culture: ALL OF THE MARVELS and other never-ending series.

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PROJECT:OBJECTIONABLE (INTRO)

By: Adam McGovern

A Project:Object series of 25 true stories… about offensive objects.

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