Comic books & Commentary 29 Sep 2008 08:23 pm
Monkeys by mail
The ads in old comic books are a hoot. Some of the craziest involved the purchase of sea monkeys and — in rare cases — real monkeys. The image above comes from a new article posted at comicbookresources.com that is all about one young consumer’s purchase of a simian pet that arrived via mail. I bet such things would be prohibited today. The story is funny and oddly touching. You can read it here.
on 02 Oct 2008 at 1.Erica said …
That was an incredible read! I’m trying to imagine my dad’s face if he found out I was hiding a monkey in the basement. The garter snake was bad enough …