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Funky Winkerbean Character, Lisa, Succumbs to Breast Cancer in Today's Comic Strip

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Funky Winkerbean Character, Lisa, Succumbs to Breast Cancer in Today's Comic Strip

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Thursday, October 04, 2007

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From the Funky Winkerbean Web site:

"For the first time in a comic strip, Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk has depicted the death of a young wife and mother from the recurrence of breast ca...

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Saturday, October 06, 2007 at 05:56 PM
I have always thought comic strips were for entertainment but this story line has kept me reading it for months because I wanted Lisa to live. It was so sad but very well written. Thank you for keeping breast cancer at the top of our minds so we can be vigilant in our own care.
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