by John | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “His Future Bride” in BRIDES IN LOVE #10, 1958.
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↓ TranscriptMAN: So what do you think of our honeymoon so far?
WOMAN: I’ve had worse!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Mr. Honeymoon: John Lustig
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by John | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Forbes magazine’s Rob Salkowitz interviewed me recently about classic romance comics and included some mentions and art from Last Kiss.
Original Vintage Art & Text
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↓ TranscriptMan talking to woman who is wearing a blindfold.
BLONDE MAN: Come now, Penelople. You simply must get over your fear of…playing “Pin the Tail on the Donkey!”
There’s no chance you would accidentally…stab me in the groin a third time.
PENELOPE (thought): Wanna bet, slick?
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by John | Feb 16, 2025 | Blog
For Valentine’s Day, Forbes magazine’s Rob Salkowitz interviewed me (and my friend Sydney Heifler) about classic romance comics and included some mentions and art from Last Kiss.
—John Lustig
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Bob Powell. From the story “My Aunt Interfered With My First Romance” in First Romance Magazine #1, Aug. 1949. Published by Harvey Comics.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman together. Woman holding a man very loosely and looking dubiously at him.
MAN: Do you know what I like about women?
WOMAN: That they’re not men?
1949 Art: Bob Powell New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Kissed by Fate: John Lustig
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by John | Feb 13, 2025 | Blog
Happy Valentine’s Day! May your sweetheart be sweet and your heart full of love!
Many thanks to my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale for the wild Valentine’s Day gag!
Original Vintage Art & Text
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: Let’s do something different for Valentine’s Day!
MAN: Sleep with another man?
WOMAN: You wouldn't mind?
MAN: I meant both of us!
1958 Artist Unknown New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Thinking Outside the Candy Box: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Charles Nicholas. From the story “Crime that Didn’t Occur!” in Zaza the Mystic #10, April 1956. Published by Charlton.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman fortune teller looks shocked.
WOMAN: I predict mind-blowing sex on Valentine’s Day! And best of all...chocolate!
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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