Thinking Ape Blues is a webcomic

Webcomic

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 created by freelance illustrator Mark Poutenis.

The strip stars three "brothers" Abe, Ben and Carl Progress (a simian, a sapien and a robot respectively), and frequently explores themes of conflict between man's primordial and civilized selves while throwing in the occasional pop culture reference. One might even see the three "brothers" as the id, the ego and the superego(respectively).

The strip appears in several regional print publications, including the Boston

Boston

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-area Weekly Dig

Weekly Dig

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. Material from Thinking Ape Blues was included in Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists

Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists

The Attitude series of books is a series of anthologies of alternative comics, photos and artists' interviews edited by Universal Press Syndicate editorial cartoonist Ted Rall. The books were designed by J. P. Trostle, news editor of EditorialCartoonists.com. Two sequels and three spin-off titles...

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External links

• Official site