{"id":4315,"date":"2025-12-23T18:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T23:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:13:05","slug":"mail-call-for-12-23-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoor-comics.com\/unbagged\/2025\/12\/23\/mail-call-for-12-23-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail Call For 12.23.25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the savage world of Skartaris, down in the center of the Earth, you must always expect the unexpected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, I live here, on the &#8211; ostensibly &#8211; civilized surface, and thanks to online tracking I can expect the&#8230;expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a06da54b5438&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a06da54b5438\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" 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