{"id":51490,"date":"2013-04-30T10:30:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=51490"},"modified":"2013-04-30T09:09:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:09:51","slug":"daily-comics-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/30\/daily-comics-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funnies, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/JETPACK.interior81-e1367104896666.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/JETPACK.interior81-e1367104896666-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Gauld\" width=\"614\" height=\"369\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/JETPACK.interior81-e1367104896666-1024x615.jpg 1024w, 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