I LOVE THIS SITE. THANK YOU, DON.

I SPENT ALL DAY YESTERDAY REDISCOVERING COMIC STRIP AND COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT FOR YEARS.

WHEN I WAS A BOY, MY AUNT WORKED AT KING FEATURES SYNDICATE IN THE HEARST BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY. EVERY WEEK, SHE BROUGHT HOME THE SUNDAY FUNNIES ABOUT THREE OR FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THEY WERE DUE TO GO PUBLIC. I ALWAYS KNEW IN ADVANCE WHAT PART OF THE STORY THE CHARACTERS IN THE SERIAL STRIPS WOULD BE UP TO -WEEKS BEFORE THE OTHER KIDS. FOR AWHILE I KEPT MY SECRET AND MYSTIFIED EVERYONE WITH MY "PSYCHIC" POWERS. EVENTUALLY, THOUGH, I TOLD THEM THE TRUTH AND SHARED THE ADVANCE COMICS AS SOON AS I WAS FINISHED WITH THEM. I WAS VERY POPULAR.

HERE'S WHY I'M POSTING. I'VE LOOKED AND LOOKED ON THE INTERNET (STARTING WITH YOUR SITE) AND CAN'T FIND ANY MENTION OF A STRIP CALLED SIMPLY, "ELMER." IT WAS ABOUT A KID IN HIS TEENS (AT LEAST HE APPEARED SO) WHO ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER WITH HIM. AT ONE POINT IN EVERY STRIP, HE WOULD HOLD A HANDKERCHIEF TO THE LITTLE KID'S NOSE, AND SAY, "NOW BLOW."

I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS A KING SYNDICATE STRIP OR NOT.

I ALSO DON'T SEE A COMIC BOOK THAT I BELIEVE WAS CALLED "BOY." I THINK IT FEATURED THE KID NAMED "CRIMEBUSTER" WHO ALWAYS HAD A MONKEY ON HIS SHOULDER. I FOUND THE CHARACTER ON YOUR SITE, BUT NOT THE COMIC-BOOK COVER.

SLEETMAN