From: Allen Mullen <mullen@gate.net>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: re: toystory
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 10:43:28 -0700


The artist's name is Allen Mullen. I would have thought that anyone who 
actually followed this newsgroup could tell his style.


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