tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post548728622638364075..comments2024-02-25T12:47:03.941-06:00Comments on Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot: Enter A World Of Sea Monkeys, X-Ray Spex, And Count DanteMarty McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084642122976337263noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-11877817987507474162013-05-04T20:49:34.510-05:002013-05-04T20:49:34.510-05:00Oh damn, what a cool idea for a book! I'm defi...Oh damn, what a cool idea for a book! I'm definitely going to have to check that out. Sometimes those ads were far more fascinating to me as a kid than the actual content of the comicbook.Thomas T. Sueyreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999827678453063356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-29182839685372249982013-04-30T19:20:49.422-05:002013-04-30T19:20:49.422-05:00Love this book. (Psst! Have you turned the light...Love this book. (Psst! Have you turned the lights out and watched the cover glow in the dark yet? I had it a couple days before I noticed that trick!) I had a few of these things as a kid, because I ordered a Johnson Smith catalog and picked out a bunch of the cheaper stuff. Still have the switchblade comb somewhere. And I had Sea Monkeys, which are actually kind of neat even though they are only brine shrimp. I had one grow to almost two inches long, but then he started looking creepy and horrible...Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-12062554810701979562013-04-29T10:47:14.695-05:002013-04-29T10:47:14.695-05:00I haven't read that book, so I don't know ...I haven't read that book, so I don't know in what detail he covers it, but Count Dante, "The Deadliest Man Alive" and his mail-order Black Dragon Society card is definitely something you can spend an enjoyable few hours online reading about -- <br /><br />http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=94516<br /><br />http://themartialist.net/?p=635<br /><br />English Teacher Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566898470803597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-84469632046314218612013-04-29T10:24:55.038-05:002013-04-29T10:24:55.038-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.English Teacher Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566898470803597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-83104847394892059992013-04-27T14:01:57.643-05:002013-04-27T14:01:57.643-05:00I picked this book up via Interlibrary Loan this p...I picked this book up via Interlibrary Loan this past summer and had a great time reading it. It was surreal to finally see all of those mail-order mysteries I had spent hours pondering over as a kid. I remember staring at those little ads in comics and being filled with daydreams of having my own personal mini-submarine and human-like fish monkeys. <br /><br />I also love how this book is put together, but the cap-off statements for each item come off a little as trying too hard to be funny. Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com