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The butterfly, that is. Photographs courtesy Peter Kuper As a veteran explorer-cartoonist, Peter Kuper has traveled the globe to identify stories that he can make into graphic “novels.” His travelogues are mostly real, yet somewhat… Read More »The Daily Heller: No Kings! But Plenty of Monarchs
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