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Smile High City: Meet the Winners of Westword‘s Third Comics Contest

For the third year running, we asked cartoonists — and would-be cartoonists — to send us comics depicting life in Colorado. We received dozens of responses; not surprisingly, many focused on cannabis (pot put the high in the smile high city, after all) — but there were also an unsual...
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For the third year running, we asked cartoonists — and would-be cartoonists — to send us comics depicting life in Colorado. We received dozens of responses; not surprisingly, many focused on cannabis (pot put the high in the smile high city, after all) — but there were also an unusual number of cartoons that focused a wry eye on Denver history.

Our favorite submissions follow. Click on the expand icon to the top right of each comic to make it larger.

John Cotter and Kevin Caron

Ted Intorcio

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