(Cartoons from the Red Baron series by Ool, see `red_baron' for more!)

Red Baron No. 16

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                  _,-------,\__/         `-.   nuked turned out  |
  `  .`         ,' ((    ( `.\/\            |  to be merely the  |
  `.   `. /\   /   _\\#_ | |  , \           | rising sun!  Looks |
  \   /`--._`,' #,'/    `| |-' \ \          |  like it's finally |
     /,'-._    ,'_/    ( \ \    \ `._       |  curtains for the  |
           `--'         ` \ \    `./==      |   world (*gasp!*)  |
                  (`  (`.  [:]_    ``        \     famous...    /
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                                        |  a life of virtue and  |
                  ___                   |  chastidy is its own   |
  `----._____  ,-'=_ `-. __,-----.___   | punishment!  Follow me |
  ==--       `-.__   _,-'======____     | and I promise you half |
  =-              `,'====-__            |  the riches and women  |
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                                                b'ger (sort'a)





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  |  really think you can   _`.         |   you seen some hippie   |
  | even start below half  | \|         |   crawl around here who  |
  |   the riches and ALL   |  '         |    looks like he just    |
   \     the women?       /  __          \  might be Messiah II?  /
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Red Baron No. 17


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  |  About to die of thirst in the desert,   |
  |  the world famous Red Baron has an       |
  |  accidental encounter with the Devil...  |
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           /  Wait!  You can't  \        /   A deal?  MWAHAHA!  \
          | leave me out here to |      |  You're already on my  |
          |  die!  Isn't there   |      | "sure thing" list.  In |
  `----._  \    some deal--     /       |  just a few hours you  |
  ==--      `.____  __________,'        | shall be mine!  There  |
  =-              `.\            | .    |  is nothing you could  |
                    `\       __   '__    \  offer me!  NOTHING! /
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           `--'         ` \ \   ``        |#|::|  ;-| |_ //.
                  (`  (`.  [:]_            \|::|  `(\\_ ),-'
                   `   ``  (\\              `--'
                                                b'ger (sort'a)





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  |  However, sometime later...  |
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