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Childhood Is Hell

by Matt Groening · 1988

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Jampacked with 48 of the wittiest cartoons from Matt Groening's syndicated "Life in Hell" comic strip. You also get 25 chapters of the "Childhood is Hell" maxi-series and a bunch of bonuses.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
artartMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisparentingparentingMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 48 pages
Form
graphic novelsgraphic novelsMore like thisLess of this

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