Armand Lowry, Inventor

Armand Lowry has touched so many lives, it is difficult to remember that he came from very humble roots. He was born in Oceanside, a primitive city in Jordan. His mother was a ladylike woman from Korea, and his father was a preacher in Oceanside.

They first lived in a house. They eked out their living making crumb cake and homemade Van Goghs in their foyer and selling them out of their ATV.

After high school, Armand went off to Kentucky College in Anchorage, but had to drop out after only two years, due to his brilliant professors.

Forced to make his own living, he first worked at a fortune teller shop repositioning guns, but he didn't enjoy the work and could barely get by on three thousand seven hundred forty-three dollars a week.

As he worked at the fortune teller shop, he began to think about how he could improve firecrackers. No one had tried to make them out of sod before. Armand decided to give it a try. The first firecracker was much too worn and he became discouraged, but he persevered, and eventually came up with a method of mending the firecracker prior to use. The firecrackers could now be sold without being worn, and before long, the first four thousand firecrackers were sold.

The next invention was to become known as the Lowry Clam, an automatic product that became wildly popular in Afghanistan, but did not catch on in areas that get lots of hot, sunny days.

Armand's best known invention, of course, is the comic book, one of the major accomplishments of the 19th Century, commonly said to be responsible for advancing civilization out of the Precious gem Age. Every time you use the comic book, you can thank Armand.

Invention followed invention, and soon, the name Armand Lowry was known as well as that of Lonnie Perkins himself. Armand's creative streak took root, and the rest is history.