by John | Aug 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited to post a new Last Kiss comic. I’ve been looking forward to this day since early April when Tony Isabella bowled me over with an audacious idea.
Tony suggested doing an ongoing storyline featuring the love-struck Abby Amour. To make it even better, all the art is from a public domain romance story by the great Frank Frazetta.
Every Friday we’ll be posting new Abby Amour episodes. For how long? I’m not sure. But right now we have enough done for almost two more months. And Tony is still writing more—winging it until he comes up with the perfect conclusion to the storyline.
I’m looking forward to each new Friday. I hope you are too!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Frank Frazetta in the story “A Love of My Own” in Personal Love #24, 1953. Published by Eastern Color. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Uniformed Joe Cupid (as Love Cop) talks to Lt. Abby Amour.
CAPTION: From the casebook of Joe Cupid
LOGO: LOVE COP
JOE: Dump him, Abby. Only a jerk doesn’t love a woman in a uniform!
ABBY: I could love a man in a uniform, Joe!
ABBY: A man like you!
JOE: You’re pretty easy on the eyes, dollface…
JOE: …but these streets are my girlfriend!
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Uniformed Joe Cupid (as Love Cop) talks to Lt. Abby Amour.
CAPTION: From the casebook of Joe Cupid
LOGO: LOVE COP
JOE: Dump him, Abby. Only a jerk doesn’t love a woman in a uniform!
ABBY: I could love a man in a uniform, Joe!
ABBY: A man like you!
JOE: You’re pretty easy on the eyes, dollface...
JOE: ...but these streets are my girlfriend!
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Pencils possibly by King Ward from “Sheriff Sal’s Last Stand” in Western Love Trails #7, Nov. 1949. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Cowgirl with one hand to her forehead. She’s lost in thought and has her eyes closed.
COWGIRL (thinks): One a’ these days he’s gonna kiss me…instead of his @#$% horse!
1949 Pencils: King Ward? Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Cowpuncher & Woman Kisser: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Cowgirl with one hand to her forehead. She's lost in thought and has her eyes closed.
COWGIRL (thinks): One a’ these days he’s gonna kiss me...instead of his @#$% horse!
1949 Pencils: King Ward? Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Cowpuncher & Woman Kisser: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: A 1900s photo of a group of girls.
CAPTION: The LePew Sisters were the pungent poet laureates of The Dainty Dames Academy of Divine Decorum!
LePEW SISTER #1 (singing): Beans! Beans! The musical fruit! The more we eat…
LePEW SISTER #2 (singing): the more we toot!
THIRD GIRL (thinks): If that’s poetry…it stinks!
1911 Photo: Lewis W. Hine. 2022 Sass & Gas: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A 1900s photo of a group of girls.
CAPTION: The LePew Sisters were the pungent poet laureates of The Dainty Dames Academy of Divine Decorum!
LePEW SISTER #1 (singing): Beans! Beans! The musical fruit! The more we eat...
LePEW SISTER #2 (singing): the more we toot!
THIRD GIRL (thinks): If that’s poetry...it stinks!
1911 Photo: Lewis W. Hine. 2022 Sass & Gas: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Harry Anderson & Bill Ward from the story “I Took the Wrong Road” in Diary Loves #7, 1950. Quality Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
MAN: Heads we make love! Tails we have sex!
1960 Art: Harry Anderson & Bill Ward Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Spare Change: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptMAN: Heads we make love! Tails we have sex!
1960 Art: Harry Anderson & Bill Ward Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Spare Change: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Nina Albright from the story “I Cheated at Love” from Thrilling Romances #20, July 1952. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and a woman smile and very loosely embrace as a wall of flames burns behind them.
MAN: They say the road to hell is paved with good intensions!
WOMAN: That’s too bad! ‘Cause I intend to be very, very good tonight!
1958 Art: Nina Albright Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Sinfully Good: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and a woman smile and very loosely embrace as a wall of flames burns behind them.
MAN: They say the road to hell is paved with good intensions!
WOMAN: That’s too bad! ‘Cause I intend to be very, very good tonight!
1958 Art: Nina Albright Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Sinfully Good: John Lustig
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