Comic Sans Laughter
Entry 1 Around 1975 my neighbor Don, who had the most amazing comic book collection--Archie, Richie Rich and Little Lulu are the ones I remember, did the most amazing thing--he ordered Sea Monkeys. We were so excited, we could barely wait for the mailman to bring them. When they arrived, and Don's dad told us that they were only brine shrimp, we ignored him. We'd seen the images in the back of the comic book. Who did he think he was dealing with--the unlettered? As one can clearly see above, these were tiny alien beings, who lived in the sea. The image I remember, not pictured here, is one of a Sea-Monkey Poseidon, wielding a dangerous-looking trident. Dangerous-looking only, because we knew they were tiny little beings, these sea monkeys. When they came, my recollection is you got something that was dried, and you put it in water and they activated. I know we checked over and again, but I don't think our Sea-Monkey friends ever amounted to more than just dust in water. Th...