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Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Altruism
Cynicism
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Friends
Littles
Little
Extortion
Heck

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