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SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF: A comedy in two acts

John Linton RobersonMay 11, 2011

Bottomless Studio

ALL THE STAGE IS A WORLD.

What if you found out you were fictional, but knowing that made no difference?

The classic 1989 black comedy by John Linton Roberson.

About the author

Cartoonist and writer John Linton Roberson has been telling stories in pictures, words, or misbegotten combinations thereof for more than two decades.

SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF, VLADRUSHKA, SUZY SPREADWELL, MARTHA, VITRIOL and his ongoing adaptation of Frank Wedekind's LULU number among his crimes, as well as his anthology series THIS SICKNESS. Many of these can also be found in print & digital at Amazon and Comixology.

Stalk him at jlroberson.org!

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Bottomless Studio

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May 11, 2011

Pages

134

ISBN

9781452822266

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English

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Performing Arts / Comedy

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