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The football scourge is upon us!

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by Jim Baker

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No, really, football is great! It’s not a scourge; it’s just that at this time of year it begins to elbow our beloved national pastime in the ribs for precious media space -- an annual phenomenon visually represented by this 1946 issue of Barnyard Comics.

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