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K.L. Ricks is an illustrator and cartoonist working and living in Massachusetts.
![Country Darkness Part 1 Panel 1 by K.L. Ricks for Hazlitt](/sites/default/files/hazlitt-1.jpg)
![Country Darkness Part 1 Panel 2 by K.L. Ricks for Hazlitt](/sites/default/files/hazlitt-2.jpg)
![Country Darkness Part 1 Panel 3 by K.L. Ricks for Hazlitt](/sites/default/files/hazlitt-3.jpg)
![Country Darkness Part 1 Panel 4 by K.L. Ricks for Hazlitt](/sites/default/files/hazlitt-4.jpg)
![Country Darkness Part 1 Panel 5 by K.L. Ricks for Hazlitt](/sites/default/files/hazlitt-5.jpg)
![Country Darkness Part 1 Panel 6 by K.L. Ricks for Hazlitt](/sites/default/files/hazlitt-6.jpg)
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K.L. Ricks is an illustrator and cartoonist working and living in Massachusetts.
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