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Death by punctuation (opens in new tab)

Elle Cordova's latest short: The cast includes Detective Question Mark, Mr. Question Mark, Madame Quotation, Professor Ellipsis, Miss Dash, Reverend Apostrophe, Dr. Parenthesis, Lady Comma, Lord Period, and Colonel Colon. Along with a few jokes and many tributes, the 2,325 comments also mention some other characters, e.g. "All the while not noticing that the long-suffering […]

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