Decrypting Coffee Man Boy
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January 4, 2004: A lot of the strips start the exact same way. Small towns are rather predictible - this was a nod to both the mundane and the safe aspect of this way of life.
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January 4, 2004: There are a couple of layers of reality here: the non-fiction aspect of the story is reality as drawn by Aaron. The drawings of Coffee Man Boy are presented as drawings of the character drawn by Aaron. The hallucinations of coffee man boy are simply untraceable.
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January 4, 2004: Who is this "Tropical Banana Girl"? She is an odd mix of the Swiss Miss and the Chaquita Banana lady, but younger and fresher. Is she real with the costume imagined? Is the a figment of Aaron's or CMB's imagination? Oh the questions, the questions!
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