Smilin’ Jack (”Flightlab,” Atlantic Flyer, May 2006)
April 20th, 2006 . by Bill Crawford(Note: My monthly column in the Atlantic Flyer is printed across from the comic strip Smilin’ Jack)
I like being across from Smilin’ Jack every month. Although I admire Jack, I don’t envy him—one way or another, he’s always getting clobbered. He has the look of a perpetually annoyed Clark Gable. He’s a magnet for sabotage schemes and for women who tear up the scenery. He wears absurd hats, but he’s infinitely resilient.
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