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- ↑ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 331. ISBN 9780472117567.
- ↑ "Division Awards". National Cartoonists Society. 2013. Section: Newspaper Panel. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
