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Some time back in the mid-’80s I saw an ad looking for illustrators for a magazine for and about the gaming industry in Atlantic City. They were looking for sketches so I did some sketches, Xeroxed them and sent them off. I never did end up hearing back from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some time back in the mid-’80s I saw an ad looking for illustrators for a magazine for and about the gaming industry in Atlantic City. 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