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- ↑ Sacks, Jason; Dallas, Keith (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-1605490564.
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- ↑ Binky's Buddies at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Markstein, Don. "Scribbly the Boy Cartoonist". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
