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Webcomic Wednesday A-Z: Hicksville’s Monster Manual Week!

Welcome to Webcomic Wednesday, in which we embark on an epic quest for comics available in the mystical land of “online,” just in time for the Geek Sabbath (a.k.a. New Comics Day).

Hicksville.com is always host to whatever New Zealand-based creator Dylan Horrocks is up to — his books include Hicksville, and the site also hosts several online comics (American Dream, for one). It’s always a fine time to see what’s on Horrocks’ mind or drafting table.

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Favorite St. Patrick’s Day Recipe = Irish Coffee

Irish Coffee is categorically delicious, and St. Patrick’s Day is a great time to make it (for breakfast, for dinner, for dessert, whatever). And you can make the best Irish coffee by simply using the right whiskey and a better cup of coffee. A good “mixing whiskey” (as opposed to a good sipping whiskey) is pretty easy to find and affordable. We might suggest Tullamore Dew or maybe Bushmills — solid mid-/mid-upper shelf stuff, since most of the nuance of a truly top-shelf whiskey will be lost when used for cocktails.

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