Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #27.

 

STORY RECAP: Joe has offered to give his landlord, Ernest Sourstone, extra money as an act of charity.

 

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Look for installment twenty-eight this week.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #26.

STORY RECAP: Joe is happy, his boss Harry Hatchet has an idea, and his Landlord is getting ready to sock it to Joe with a rent increase.

 

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Look for installment twenty-seven this week, perhaps on Friday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #25.

STORY RECAP: Joe is finally doing what he was hired for—working as an optimization clerk. And, he has an office to himself.

 

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Look for installment twenty-six this week, perhaps on Wednesday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #24.

STORY RECAP: Joe was called from the production line to the office of Humdrum Industries' CEO, Harry Hatchet.

 

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Look for installment twenty-five on Monday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #23.

STORY RECAP: Joe, and the rest of the workers, found fun on the production line with the work song he wrote.

 

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Look for installment twenty-four on Friday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #22.

STORY RECAP: In an effort to have fun at work, Joe decided to write a work song.

 

 

 

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Look for installment twenty-three on Wednesday.

 

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #21.

STORY RECAP: The Spirit of Fun has told Joe one of the secrets to having fun.

 

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Look for installment twenty-two on Monday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #20.

STORY RECAP: The Spirit of Fun is back from Spirit Land, where he was in a big fight.

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Look for installment twenty-one on Friday.

 

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #19.

 

STORY RECAP: Joe is having trouble believing the Spirit of Fun.

 

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Look for installment twenty on Wednesday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #18.

STORY RECAP: The Spirit of Fun has deduced that the Spirit of Ennui wrote the to-do list of dirty deeds.

 

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Look for installment nineteen on Monday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #17.

STORY RECAP: Joe is confronting the Spirit of Fun over the to-do list of dirty deeds. S.o.Fun claims not to have written the list.

 

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Look for installment eighteen on Friday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #16.

STORY RECAP: Joe found a to-do list of dirty deeds that seems to have been left behind by The Spirit of Fun.

 

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Look for installment seventeen on Wednesday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #15.

STORY RECAP: The Spirit of Fun has to get back to Spirit Land to finish his game of chess with the Spirit of Ennui.

 

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Look for installment sixteen on Monday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #14.

STORY RECAP: The Spirit of Fun wants his book back.

 

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Look for installment fifteen on Friday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #13.

STORY RECAP: Joe has encountered S.o.F., an invisible character from Spirit Land, who is also known as the Spirit of Fun.

 

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Look for installment fourteen on Wednesday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #12.

STORY RECAP: Joe has encountered a mystery in the wilderness, a book that fell from nowhere.

 

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Look for installment thirteen on Monday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #11.

STORY RECAP: Joe is in the wilderness, on an unplanned 20-mile hike back to town.

 

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Look for installment twelve on Friday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #10.

STORY RECAP: Joe declined to undergo a funectomy—a surgical procedure to have his fun gland removed, a gland that all funny animals have that impels them to have fun.

 

 

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Look for installment eleven on Wednesday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #9.

STORY RECAP: After being allowed to draw the strip for a while, Jack has taken advantage of his position to change the story line of his ongoing life, and has been warned of consequences.

 

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Look for installment ten on Monday.

 

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #8.

STORY RECAP: While Mark is letting Joe draw the strip, Joe has been summoned to talk to the company psychologist—Dr. Rat-on-a-Wheel, PsyD.

 

 

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Look for installment nine on Friday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #7.

 

STORY RECAP: Joe’s landlord, Ernest Sourstone, has threatened Joe with raising his rent if he is caught having fun.

 

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Look for installment seven on Wednesday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #6.

 

STORY RECAP: We met Joe’s landlord, Ernest Sourstone. Then Joe asked Sourstone what he did for fun.

 

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Look for installment seven on Monday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #5.

 STORY RECAP: Joe has decided to ask his landlord, Ernest Sourstone, what he does for fun.

 

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Look for installment six on Friday.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #4.

STORY RECAP: Joe’s girlfriend Bridget Puppylover has a new friend named Bruno, and Joe is still not having fun.

 

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Look for installment five later this week.

Joe Barker in “The Kid from Doggone City!” Episode #3.

STORY RECAP: In his quest for fun, Joe has bought tickets to a kazoo symphony concert. His girlfriend Bridget Puppylover has invited him over.

 

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Look for the next installment next week.