Benny & Sid Presents Chapter 18 of the Serialized Graphic Novel The Truant Officer Featuring the Mysterious Futoko

Salem's only original online comic!

by Glen Bledsoe

(Your City, USA) - What makes us who we are is often not pretty.

It is the forge and the hammer which beat us into shape.

Everyone has scars from experiences which color their character decades after the incident.

Who can forget the cruelty of being bullied, the injustice of becoming the random target of irrational aggression?

When the victim becomes angry and violent himself we mourn the ruination of a potential citizen of merit.

When the victim vows to disassemble the system which encourages the bullies we must celebrate him as a hero.

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Leonardo (Glen L. Bledsoe), Salem-News.com cartoonist, was born and raised in Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago for several years. Glen made his home in Oregon in the early 80's where he continues to enjoy the mild climate and lack of sales tax.

He and his wife Karen have published seventeen books together for the school library market. Glen has written extensively on the issues of technology and education for the National Education Association and other Leonardo (Glen L. Bledsoe) publications. When he is not creating this unique cartoon series, Glen is either teaching, writing a novel, composing music, or reading.