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Salem-News.com Announces New Online Oregon Comic Strip

Salem-News.com artist Glen Bledsoe, AKA "Leonardo", releases new original comic strip, celebrates 100 editions of 'Nota Bene'.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Just at the crest of its popularity Salem-News.com's ever-popular comic strip Nota Bene by Leonard ceases following it's one-hundredth issue.

The creator of Nota Bene, Leonardo of Salem, AKA Glen Bledsoe, has been busy generating the completely unique Oregon cartoon strip since the first edition was published on Salem-News.com August 6th, 2006. Poignant and politically relevant, the series utilizes movie frames highly customized through Glen's unique touch. The new series, Benny and Sid`s Your Public Service Announcements, is more unique; the artwork in the new series is entirely created by Glen from scratch.

Few people seem to enjoy their professional careers more than Glen and Karen Bledsoe. When Glen joined Salem-News.com he was working as a university professor. Today he is lending his skills toward an even more important set; elementary school students.

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 100 - Breakdown

This is the one hundredth installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Salem) - We are all pressed to our limits. The challenges of life in the 21st century are greater than any of us imagined.

After nearly eight years of a politics of division we are ready to tear one another's throats out and dance in the carnage. What else could possibly go wrong? Could the next stress be the straw which breaks the camel's back? Join me with this one-hundredth issue of Nota Bene and learn what it means to be really afraid. Prepare yourself for the breakdown of our world as we have known it.

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 99 - The Thrill is Back

This is the xxxxx installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Alpha-Zed) - Barack Obama's speech at the AIPAC recently caused some ripples. Although liberal organizations such as Open.org clearly understood it as political posturing, others were upset that it represented a hawkish Obama that they had never previously seen. "Change you can believe in" will only happen if the man is elected.

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 98 - `It`s an Uphill Climb`

This is the ninety-eighth installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Multiple-Earths) - Republican handlers throughout the multiverse find that their presumed candidate for the presidency has made statements which they are struggling to defend or even explain.

That will be true, however, of candidates from both parties between now and the election. Open mouth, insert foot, say something stupid. It's pressure that I know I wouldn't handle well.

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 97 - Clinton vs. Obama

This is the ninety-seventh installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Obscura) - Two anonymous figures in deep conversation over current events appear in the multiverse browser. Anti-verse static confuses the signal making it unclear which Earth-variant we are watching. Does it matter?

Hillary Clinton is Hillary Clinton and her below-the-belt, hell-bent campaign varies little from world to world. With her teeth locked on the ankle of Barack Obama, what further damage can she cause? Walk through several scenarios. How many produce happy endings for a nation and a world looking for a leader to guide us through some of the toughest times in human history?

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 96 - Aid & Comfort to the Enemy

This is the ninety-sixth installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Gleich-Selbst) - It has been characteristic of the numerous iterations of George Bush across the universes in parallel to make statements and move the nation without full reflection on the consequences.

He beat the drum for the invasion of Iraq with the notion that Sadam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. He could hardly have believed this statement since his evidence had long been debunked as anyone knew who read independent news outlets even superficially.

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 95 - A Common Purpose Unites

This is the ninety-fifth installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Ditto-Alpha) - For all the bitterness of the Democrat campaign the pieces are beginning to fall into place.

The common enemy unites as no other force can on our world or its sister worlds scattered through the universes in parallel. The players take their places onstage.

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 94 - The Real Maverick

This is the ninety-fourth installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Loca Terra) - Republicans across the multiverse are setting their strategies for the fall election.

Without exception they are grasping for issues which they can use to highlight the strength of their chosen candidate. They may call him strong on defense, a war hero, a supporter of conservative social issues, an experienced politician. They also believe they have the right to call him "The Real Maverick."

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 93 - Got Yer Rebate?

This is the ninety-third installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Spiegel 17) - How kind and thoughtful of American governments across the universes in parallel to give tax-payers a little bonus for their support of policies which in every other regard do them little good.

For the moment Christmas in April is here. Buy yourself a gift. You earned it and will pay dearly for it in the long run.

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 92 - The Liar, the Witch and the Oilman

This is the ninety-second installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Spiegel) - The earths-in-parallel act out their directives in the most curious of ways. What is a major event on our planet, may amount to no more than a hill of beans on another, yet the event echoes even so. While on our world the liar, the witch and the oilman play major roles in our world's history. On Earth-Spiegel other leaders take the reins and control their planet's destiny in quite a different way. None of us chooses our parents we are born to and likewise none of us chooses the parallel earth we inhabit.