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Grand Ballroom of Doom

By July 19, 2021

One panel comic from the Artblog series 'Grand Ballroom of Doom' depicting a conversation between two men in a prison cafeteria, during which a large muscular man tells a smaller newcomer to avoid 'Jonny the Shark' if he knows what's good for him, because Jonny got caught giving out water and snacks to people waiting in line to vote.

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