That would make a good “Twilight Zone” or “Outer Limits”. If it was the Zone perhaps Serling’s monologue would be like this: “Here is a portrait of a young man named Lio who has an insatiable appetite for macabre adventure; tonight he escapes the bounds of his mundane suburban life where he lives with a disheveled often drunk father and a psychotic feline named Cybil. Next stop, the Twilight Zone.”
If you’ve read the “Fables” comics series (written by Bill Willingham), this will remind you of the Boxers. If you haven’t… rush right out and buy or borrow some now! (There are over 40 trade-paperback story collections in the series). Your library might have at least some of them.
I thought this might be the start of an arc, with us finding out tomorrow what’s in the box besides Lio. But showing some kind of alternate world within “Lio” seems redundant.
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
who would seriously want a box of Cracker Jacks like that?
kingdiamond69 almost 3 years ago
I can remember when they gave away real toys in crackerjack boxes nowadays its just a stupid tiny comic.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Surpise in every box! (Well, can’t have any trademark violations, can we?)
But I don’t think I want to find out what a surpise looks like…
TampaFanatic1 almost 3 years ago
That would make a good “Twilight Zone” or “Outer Limits”. If it was the Zone perhaps Serling’s monologue would be like this: “Here is a portrait of a young man named Lio who has an insatiable appetite for macabre adventure; tonight he escapes the bounds of his mundane suburban life where he lives with a disheveled often drunk father and a psychotic feline named Cybil. Next stop, the Twilight Zone.”
jimmjonzz Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Beware of tesseract snack boxes. Or Klein soda bottles.
pcolli almost 3 years ago
Kali almost 3 years ago
If you can fit into the box, you’re a Cracker Jack! [I am SO old….]
descabro almost 3 years ago
Lio’ll be the surprise for the kid who finds the box.
jagedlo almost 3 years ago
Now Cracker Jack is a Lio-in-a-box!
The Pro from Dover almost 3 years ago
Lip-smackin’, whip-crackin’, paddy-whackin’,
knickin’-knackin’, silver-rackin’, scoundrel-whackin’,
cracker-jackin’ Cracker Jack
Candy-coated popcorn, peanuts, and a Lio
That’s what you get in Cracker Jack
Michael G. almost 3 years ago
“Whaddya want, when ya gotta have sumthin’ …?”
khjalmarj almost 3 years ago
If you’ve read the “Fables” comics series (written by Bill Willingham), this will remind you of the Boxers. If you haven’t… rush right out and buy or borrow some now! (There are over 40 trade-paperback story collections in the series). Your library might have at least some of them.
Amra Leo almost 3 years ago
Surprise!
raybarb44 almost 3 years ago
Definitely truthful in advertising…..
b_hornbuckle almost 3 years ago
Sid and Marty Krofft just called…
BC in NC Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Those boxes with surprise black holes were not supposed to go on store shelves!
willie_mctell almost 3 years ago
A real cracker jack kid.
Stephen Gilberg almost 3 years ago
I thought this might be the start of an arc, with us finding out tomorrow what’s in the box besides Lio. But showing some kind of alternate world within “Lio” seems redundant.
anomaly almost 3 years ago
Imagine opening up a box of Cracker Jacks and finding Lio.
vanaals almost 3 years ago
Portals come in many shapes and sizes.
InquireWithin almost 3 years ago
Wouldn’t you like to be a Cracker, too?
laethaween2003 almost 3 years ago
Wow what surprise!