Cover of The American Bystander Issue #31, featuring a watercolor cartoon by Tom Toro. The scene shows the American flag planted on the moon—flying at half-mast—set against a black sky with Earth glowing in the background. A darkly comic tribute rendered in shades of grey, red, white, and blue.

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American Bystander Issue 26 with vibrant yellow and blue cover by Don Watson, placed on an artist's table adorned with paint brushes and splatters of paint.

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