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Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies, with real life dialogue, were a staple of the Village Voice in its heyday. This year he brought his compassionate take to WhoWhatWhy.

To call cartoonist Stan Mack unique is an understatement. Kind of like calling Donald Trump a lying, egomaniacal, racist, right-wing, authoritarian clown. It doesn’t quite do him justice. Mack teaches us to see not just with our eyes but our ears. His Real Life Funnies, with real life dialogue, were a staple of the Village Voice in its heyday. This year he brought his compassionate take on the world around him to WhoWhatWhy. Here are some of our favorites:

transitioning, transphobia

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In Transit (Chicago)


Tattoos, Equality

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Location, Location, Location (Austin)


coroner, intern

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Anatomy of a Dream


Montana, wolves

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Two Carnivores Call It a Draw


Taliban, Afghanistan, War

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Age of Innocents


Afghanistan, Taliban

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Corrective Directive


Race, COVID-19, Texas

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Houston, We Have a Problem


Housing prices, momeless

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Playin’ the Blue Note


Sexuality, Oldest Profession

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The Newest Oldest Profession 


Jobs, music

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Payback


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