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Richard Ritenbaugh's avatar

The Max Headline stories are some of my favorites! Good one!

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, Richard. Max is a hoot.

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John K Adams's avatar

Mark, the donuts just keep on comin'!

Loved it! Hilarious! Loved the hard-boiled lingo.

That Charlotte certainly is a catch. She dodged two wackos in one sentence. And didn't even know it.

You're amazing.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

Thanks, John. Writing Max and Charlotte is a lot of fun.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Undoubtedly, a Hughes-run Big City News would suffer the same fate that the Hughes-run RKO Radio Pictures of the 1950s did (bankruptcy), and Max would have started looking for a new job.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

It would have been a bad deal for sure. A real Spruce Goose.

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3musesmerge's avatar

Is the paper still in business? Hiring?

I like the idea of an all-day donut buffet.

🍩

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Mark Starlin's avatar

The paper is still in business, but sadly, only old people read it, and most of the stories are written by AI.

Nothing like stale desk-drawer donuts. 🤣

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

In an emergency, any donuts will do, my friend.

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Mark Starlin's avatar

You better know it.

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3musesmerge's avatar

Even my mother-in-law cancelled her subscription. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Mark Starlin's avatar

It is the way. People read the news on their TVs now. 😉

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