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Close to Home (comic strip)

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that debuted in 1992. The comic strip features no ongoing plot, but is instead a collection of one-shot jokes covering a number of subjects that are "close to home", such as marriage, children, school, work, sports, health and home life. "Home" achieved its greatest peak in popularity in the
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in a bar, was deemed offensive and racist, leading some newspaper publishers to cancel the comic and others to apologize to readers.
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Szymanski, Cindy (July 15, 2002). "Two new strips debut with promise to amuse readers".
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mid-to-late 1990s, when several newspapers picked up the strip to replace the retired
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strip published on February 21, 2020, depicting the
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John McPherson
www.gocomics.com/closetohome
Syndicate(s)
Universal Press Syndicate
Universal Uclick
Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Publishing
one-panel
comic strip
John McPherson
The Far Side
Lone Ranger
Tonto
The world encyclopedia of cartoons
ISBN
0-7910-5185-4
"'Close to Home' Cancelled in Canada"
GoComics: Close to Home
John McPherson
Library of Congress
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Andrews McMeel Universal
Andrews McMeel
Andrews McMeel Syndication
Universal Press Syndicate
Uclick
Atlantic Syndication
Adam@home

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