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The 5th was (surprise!) Cinco de Mayo and also National Cartoonists Day, as I reported yesterday. So yesterday was the day after. Cartoonist Lalo Alvarez considers that day:

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One too many Dos XXs!

(La Cucaracha cartoon from the GoComics site, here. Hat tip to David Craig on Facebook.)

Like many minority and female cartoonists, Alvarez is self-syndicated. It’s a hard world for these outsiders to break into.

Now, moving to today, a Bizarro cartoon with a sturdy trope, a gag involving the figure of Death the Grim Reaper. In this one, the Reaper has a cold:

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