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TIL: David Bowie's likeness was stolen for DC comic's version of Lucifer. Quote - "You must draw David Bowie. Find David Bowie, or I’ll send you David Bowie. Because if it isn’t David Bowie, you’re going to have to redo it until it is David Bowie"

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