Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for April 18, 2024

Weird how Ethan has dot eyes in the third panel and sclera in the fourth.

Of course, his eyes go back and forth like that in the present day too.

Game boy. Remember that?

Nintendo HAS to sponsor Dana!

A time before smartphones blinded us to the real world.

There’s always room for Game Boy. Sorry jello, you’re out of a job.

2 things I want to see next 1. She meets her mom and 2 she meets her own child. and maybe 3, she meets her great great great great great grand parent

I mean I think there are some titles that follow camping. We had a NES game after all which was about stock trades of all things.

Ohhhhh, Game Boy!

Oh yes I remember when Gameboy was like how kids are always on their phones now back in those days.

Everyone had a gameboy color and they took them everywhere.

to think that they couldn’t detect another Gameboy and you couldn’t even link them together with some kind of cable for a 2 to 4 player game.

imagine if Phoebe brought her phone, which I’m not sure if she did and then told her father about that.

Oh man that would be like Gameboy infinity.

Then he couldn’t wait to grow up just so he could use those kinds of phones.

to a kid back in those days it would be like a science fictional super device that can do everything in one.

Of course it would be extremely limited and unless you had a charger, your fun wouldn’t last.

I used to imagine making a machine that could do lots of stuff at once.

Maybe Phoebe could however play the Gameboy games as they really were and in a time when it really was magical.

the Gameboy really charmed the soul back in it’s day

He and Phoebe already have a lot in common.

That was my first guess

Yeah, but he missed out on Pong!

I had the OG GameBoy back in the day and would play between classes. I’ve matured; I now play my Steam Deck at lunchtime.

She looks disappointed, but not surprised.

Guess we’re on reruns for a while I think I’ve read this story before

He looks very happy, though, Phoebe!

I wonder how Phoebe will introduce herself to her past father?

GAH!! Stay away from him, Phoebe! Have you ever watched Back to the Future?!

Same hair!

It is a beautiful day for Game Boy! The sun helps make up for the lack of backlight.