{"id":7723,"date":"2014-11-10T10:47:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T15:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2014-11-11T09:51:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T14:51:45","slug":"cartoons-spur-repent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/10\/cartoons-spur-repent\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoons as Spurs to Repent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cartoon-uncollected-works-IMG_0026-SHRUNK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7724\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cartoon-uncollected-works-IMG_0026-SHRUNK-634x800.jpg\" alt=\"cartoon-uncollected-works-IMG_0026-SHRUNK\" width=\"500\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cartoon-uncollected-works-IMG_0026-SHRUNK-634x800.jpg 634w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cartoon-uncollected-works-IMG_0026-SHRUNK-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cartoon-uncollected-works-IMG_0026-SHRUNK.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>I was going through some old files and came across this divine cartoon. 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