by John | Oct 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today’s comic is the product of artificial intelligence.
Oh, I know what you’re thinking: “John, your humor is always the result of intelligence that is somewhat suspect and artificial.”
True. But, for the first time, the art itself was created by a computer program. No human artist was involved. I just typed a few words into a program and after a lot of insanely lame images, I finally got this one. Then I wrote the dialogue and from there everything was pretty much normal.
Rest assured, the bread and butter of Last Kiss is always going to be old comic book images. But I do like the idea of having a new tool and new image possibilities.
By the way, sometimes creating A.I. art is easy. But it often doesn’t go the way you planned. (Why does that woman have an extra head? Are those blobs supposed to be fingers? Is that a gun in his pocket or…something else?)
As a teaser, below are a few other images that I’ve created while playing around with various A.I. engines. Warning: These are the raw images. If I use any of these, it’s likely that I’ll be fixing them up in Photoshop first:
Created using the Dall-E 2 AI engine.
Created using the MidJourney AI engine.
Created using the MidJourney AI engine.
Created using the Dream Studio AI engine.
Created using the Dream Studio AI engine.
Created using the MidJourney AI engine.
Transcript:
SCENE: We see a cat leaning over a chess board. He/She/It is talking to a dog who is off panel.
CAT: Checkmate again, Rover!
DOG: <Groan> So this must be why they say…“Dogs play checkers. Cats play chess.”
CAT (thinking): Plus…we cheat.
Art by A.I. Smartie Dogged Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Oct 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vernon Green from the story “Love is to Blame” from Best Romance #7, 1952. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A young woman is talking to a stern-looking older woman.
YOUNG WOMAN: Your husband is cheating on you? Do you have any proof?
OLDER WOMAN: No! But he’s too happy! He must be up to something!
1952 Art: Vernon Green Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Just the Right Amount of Happy: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young woman is talking to a stern-looking older woman.
YOUNG WOMAN: Your husband is cheating on you? Do you have any proof?
OLDER WOMAN: No! But he’s too happy! He must be up to something!
1952 Art: Vernon Green Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Just the Right Amount of Happy: John Lustig
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by John | Oct 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Written by the legendary
Tony Isabella, the Abby Amour miniseries runs every Friday. If you missed any previous episodes, no problem. You can catch them here:
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: Closeup of Abby and Colonel Bluster.
CAPTION: The Loves of Abby Amour
ABBY (thinking): The way the Colonel is looking at me! I’d better order and break the mood!
ABBY: The sticky buns are really delicious here!
COLONEL BLUSTER: I love biting into some sticky buns.
ABBY: *gulp*
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptTranscript:
SCENE: Closeup of Abby and Colonel Bluster.
CAPTION: The Loves of Abby Amour
ABBY (thinking): The way the Colonel is looking at me! I’d better order and break the mood!
ABBY: The sticky buns are really delicious here!
COLONEL BLUSTER: I love biting into some sticky buns.
ABBY: *gulp*
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: 1903 photograph of a young woman.
WOMAN: It’s true! I have bedroom eyes. But…what about the rest of me?
1903 Model: “Miss N” Photographer: Gertrude Käsebier
Eye Drop Delivery Boy: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: 1903 photograph of a young woman.
WOMAN: It’s true! I have bedroom eyes. But...what about the rest of me?
1903 Model: “Miss N” Photographer: Gertrude Käsebier
Eye Drop Delivery Boy: John Lustig
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by John | Oct 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Gay Deception” in First Kiss #8, 1959. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
WOMAN #1: Really! I’ve never had sex! I swear!
WOMAN #2: I’d swear too if I were you!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Swears About Sex All the Time: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN #1: Really! I’ve never had sex! I swear!
WOMAN #2: I’d swear too if I were you!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Swears About Sex All the Time: John Lustig
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