{"id":2600,"date":"2016-03-23T11:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T18:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meandyouis.us\/charles\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2016-03-23T11:39:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T18:39:42","slug":"infinite-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meandyouis.us\/charles\/infinite-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinite Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why do we still think of comics as a page-by-page experience? 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