Your boxes of comic books not repelling women? Give insect collecting a go. That’ll do the trick.

This ad was on the inside front cover of the Adventures of the Fly issue profiled here two days ago. There is rich irony there. (Also, the Atom might break out in a cold sweat if he saw this.)

I’ve been fortunate that most of the women I’ve (*ahem*) associated with have at the very least tolerated my more dorky predilections. But if I broke out the pins and glass cases and spread-out butterflies — you know, went all Jame Gumb — I have a feeling there’d be a vapor trail and the sound of squealing tires in the driveway.