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                        _(   After a daredevil emergency  )_
               )       (   landing in No-Man's Land the     )
            ) (        ( world famous Red Baron has quickly _)
         ( (    )     (__  set his own plane on fire and   __)
          ) ))"(       (_ hidden himself in a bomb crater __)
         (;((  ))       (______  at a distance!  _________)
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          |/ | /             ####|    ____(_                      )__
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                                      ( sitting duck for enemy snipers _)
                                      (_ that could pick me off at  ___)
                                       (_________  any sec--  ______)
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                           \  AAARRRRRRGGHHH!! /
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                          __     `-' (  `.'   ,- |    Happy 100th Strip,  |
                        .'  '.      \ ),-&-.     |       Red Baron !      |
                     __|__   O       '.`'.''     |                        |
                   .'_   _'.           o( )o     |                        |
                  | | | | | |          `0-0'     |.. Hey why are you guys |
                 (  |.| |.|  )                   |  getting smaller ?!    |
                  |   ___   |                    |  HELP !! Get me DOWN!! |
              '.   '.|   |.'   .'                `------------------------'
             /  '.    '-'    .'  \
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          | ///   \         /   \\\ |
          \_____\_/         \_/____/

     _____________________________________________________________________
     \  \                                                                ||
     |\  \         |    HAPPY 100TH STRIP, RED BARON!!!!                 ||
     ||\  \ ____\ _| _ ha _______________________________________________||
     || \  \     \,^%---   ha                                            ||
     ||  \  \     <  \ ha                                                ||
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     ||       .        . ..oooo.....oooo......oo...           _________  ||
     ||        \(.)(.)/  .oo..oo...oo..oo.....oo...          /| KMFDM  |\||
     ||___ ___ |+(__)+|  .oo..oo...oo..oo....oo....           |________| ||
     ||ooo|ooo| /    \   .oo..oo...oo..oo...oo.....   ______    |ooo|ooo|||
     ||===|===|'      '  ..oooo.....oooo....oooooo   |##:[~]|   |===|===|||
     ||(O)|(O)|  -,-\   Q ,      ___       O .      _|, Q :!|=m |(O)|(O)|||
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    _ /|;|;|  \__;__// / | |  |   |(_)(_)  O/|) . (|\/\/\|   /_____\     ||
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     *BA-DUMM!* ==  / _,\\`. `,    \.    _______________________
      *BA-DUMM!* / / ' ,(,`-;_ \    \`.,'                       `.
       *BA-DUMM!*  \,-' \.`-.__/ ))  \     NEED nitroglycerin!    \
                      \ _\._\        |  A teensie-weensie bit for  |
                ((     [_[]__]  ))   | my heart and a LARGE BOTTLE |
      __              ,'     \   _    \    FOR THEM, PLEASE!!!!   /
    ,<__>.       ((  /   /\   \ / \    `._______________________,'
                    /  ,'\_\   /`. \
                ((  \__,-' \\    /`' ))           __
                             `._/               ,<__>.





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