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“Mr. Crumb makes no bones about his lust for big, muscular women<\/a>“? Oh, I say he makes plenty of —<\/p>\n

— oh, never mind. The important point is, I now have a reason to go down to Philadelphia<\/a>! (Just gotta do it before December. . .)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Mr. Crumb makes no bones about his lust for big, muscular women“? Oh, I say he makes plenty of — — oh, never mind. The important point is, I now have a reason to go down to Philadelphia! (Just gotta do it before December. . .)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,26],"tags":[306],"class_list":["post-2399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-comics","tag-robert-crumb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-CH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17432,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-630-meeting-across-the-river","url_meta":{"origin":2399,"position":0},"title":"Episode 630 – Meeting Across The River","author":"Gil","date":"March 18, 2025","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 630: Meeting Across The River Uh-oh! 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