“Paul Espeseth, who was no longer taking the antidepressant Celexa, braced himself for a cataclysm at SeaWorld.”

                     --Jonathan Lethem, "Pending Vegan," 2014

“THE BEAST’S SCALES ARE CUTTING EDGES THAT WELT HIS FLESH, TEARING HIS UNIFORM INTO BLOODIED TATTERS! THE MONSTROUS TAIL LASHES IN DEADLY FRENZY, WHIPPING THE WATER TO FOAM, FRAGMENTING ITS REFLECTIONS–AND STRANGELY, IN THAT MOMENT, THEY ARE IMAGES THAT HAVE A STABBING CLARITY THE MIRROR-PERFECT FIGURE LACKED! PAIN BIRTHS INSANITY WITHIN HIS MIND…AND DESPERATION IS THE MID-WIFE. HIS BOOTS PURPOSEFULLY GOUGE INTO THE YIELDING, SALIVATING MOUTH, AND ITS TONGUE BULGES BENEATH AND AROUND HIS HEELS! HOLD ON! PLEASE, HOLD ON! HIS MIND-VOICE SCREAMS IN RELENTLESS SURVIVAL COMMANDS. FOR JUST A MOMENT MORE…ONLY A MOMENT…MORE!”

                     --Don McGregor, JUNGLE ACTION, Vol. 2, No. 10, 
                      "King Cadaver is Dead and Living in Wakanda!" 1974