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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Books Ignatius J. Reilly Was Fatter Than This.
Posted by Alison Hallett on Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:14 PM
This has apparently been kicking around the internet for a while, but a friend just sent it to me: The Composites uses "law enforcement composite sketch software and descriptions of literary characters" to create wanted-poster style images of book characters. I hate it and yet I can't stop looking at it. Go on, check out Daisy Buchanan.
The Atlantic has a more detailed piece, for more info.
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