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* [[wikipedia:Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells|Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells]]. |
* [[wikipedia:Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells|Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells]]. |
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* ''[[Yes, Virginia]]'' was a response to an actual letter to the editor from an 8-year-old girl. |
* ''[[Yes, Virginia]]'' was a response to an actual letter to the editor from an 8-year-old girl. |
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* ''[[2000 AD]]'' has always had its letters answered by Tharg The Mighty, except for one time in the [[The Nineties]] where characters from ''Vector 13'' took it over while Tharg took a leave of absence. |
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* In [[Mad Magazine]]'s "Letters and Tomatoes Dept", letters were typically answered in a snide and insulting manner. They also published many letters that mocked the magazine creatively. |
* In [[Mad Magazine]]'s "Letters and Tomatoes Dept", letters were typically answered in a snide and insulting manner. They also published many letters that mocked the magazine creatively. |
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== [[Comics]] == |
== [[Comics]] == |
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* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[Nineteen Sixty Three|1963]]'' would have a fictional [[Letters to |
* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[Nineteen Sixty Three|1963]]'' would have a fictional [[Letters to the Editor]] page, parodying the columns [[Stan Lee]] would put out for Marvel in the [[The Sixties]]. |
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* Letters to the ''The Sensational [[She Hulk]]'' were answered by the titular character or one of her supporting cast. |
* Letters to the ''The Sensational [[She Hulk]]'' were answered by the titular character or one of her supporting cast. |
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* [[Ambush Bug]] answered his own letters, and in his first issue was puzzled that he had to wait months for feedback from the reader who had just finished the book. |
* [[Ambush Bug]] answered his own letters, and in his first issue was puzzled that he had to wait months for feedback from the reader who had just finished the book. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* Parodied by the ''National Lampoon'': Its Letters section had funny made-up letters, often supposedly from celebrities. |
* Parodied by the ''National Lampoon'': Its Letters section had funny made-up letters, often supposedly from celebrities. |
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* [[P. G. Wodehouse]] dealt with this in the "A Letter to the Editor" chapter of ''Louder and Funnier'', in which he includes his poem, "Dear Sir: I take issue with Walter S. Swisher." |
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* Famously, pornographic magazines like Penthouse had letters pages where people wrote about their sexual experiences; most were made-up by the magazine's writers. |
* Famously, pornographic magazines like Penthouse had letters pages where people wrote about their sexual experiences; most were made-up by the magazine's writers. |
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== [[Theatre]] == |
== [[Theatre]] == |
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* ''[[Oh Calcutta]]'' has a song about them. |
* ''[[Oh! Calcutta!]]'' has a song about them. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |