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Writer of jokes, gags, quips, japes, wisecracks, ripostes, one-liners, aphorisms, pith, and the occasional epigrammatical bon mot. Now working at Roget's.

Joined February 2020
𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗣 is published! Copies are shipping right now! Contains 12 MAD-style parodies of Citizen Kane; Psycho; Blues Brothers; Toy Story, The Princess Bride & more. With 20 additional pages of movie comedy. 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗣 can be ordered here: tomrichmond.com/product/clap…
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Michael Jackson has never looked sexier.
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The prodigious comics critic and historian Tom Spurgeon died 5 years ago. He has never been replaced, nor has his Comics Reporter site.
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THEY’RE EATING THE DOGS! THEY’RE EATING THE CATS!
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Today, my cat threw up on my cell phone. I would post a photo, but as I said, my cat threw up on my cell phone.
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CBS News headline: Woman dies after getting caught in baggage carousel at Chicago O’Hare Memorial viewings will be at 2 PM, 2:04 PM, 2:08 PM, 2:12 PM....
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We'll be on in the 8-9 PM hour (Eastern time).
If you love MAD magazine, or are into tenants’ rights, you’re certain to enjoy our next show — featuring Aaron Carr (Housing Rights Initiative), and Tom Richmond & Desmond Devlin (two of the creatives behind the beloved American humor magazine — MAD). Call in during the live program and get a FREE copy of CLAPTRAP — Richmond & Devlin’s latest book. SHAKE IT OFF with us LIVE, on Sunday night, 7-9 pm (Eastern), AM970! For more info, link here: am970theanswer.com/radioshow…
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Happy birthday to MSNBC star Rachel Maddow. "Plastic Sam!" was drawn by Russ Heath.
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Desmond Devlin retweeted
Hi everybody. Tonight at 9:00 EST new episode of geek radio daily In a first for us and our new format, the creators of claptrap writer @desmond_devlin artist @art4mad will be on the show. Watch GeekRadioDaily with me on Twitch! twitch.tv/geekradiodaily?sr=…
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This is the first issue of MAD that I ever appeared in. And this is a photo of the 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗣 book shipment that was finally delivered to Tom Richmond today. My career hasn't changed a bit!
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Imagery of the Christ child's nativity dates back to the 4th century. Masters from Botticelli to da Vinci to Caravaggio to Rembrandt have put their gifted hands to this Biblical tableau. But only one artist's holy depiction surpasses them all, to touch the hem of Heaven.
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Our movie parody book CLAPTRAP has hit U.S. shores! A small amount of advance copies, anyway. The other 4,000+ pounds of books will arrive in a few weeks. Until then, here's an "unboxing" video. BEWARE! Many glimpses and spoilers! Proceed with caution! youtube.com/watch?v=3T1Ur9nk…
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Ike Turner would have been 92 years old today.
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Happy 65th birthday to actor Tim Robbins! "The Shawshank Redemption" is one of 12 favorite old movies parodied in the all-new book CLAPTRAP. Tom Richmond drew it, and I wrote it. CLAPTRAP is being printed right NOW, and you can order it at Tom's website! tomrichmond.com/store/
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"It is a FAFO better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a FAFO better rest that I go to than I have ever known." Item: Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets 22 years in prison, the longest sentence yet in Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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They made Trump remove his hat for the mug shot.
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If she subpoenas Colada, she'll be caught and arraigned.
NEWS: Francesca Gino today filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against Harvard and Data Colada. Story coming soon.
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