by John | Dec 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Yup. We’re taking a short break on the Abby Amour storyline. Why? Well, I want to spend the rest of the month doing holiday gags.
But Abby will be back Jan. 6. And, hopefully she’ll be a little less dead by then!
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.
The Abby Amour miniseries runs every Friday. Dialogue by Tony Isabella. If you’ve missed some episodes, no problem. You can catch them here:
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: Johnny Sacko finally gets Abby to the hospital, but...
NURSE LEANING: She’s critical! It isn’t just the food poisoning!
NURSE LEANING: She was exposed to that creep’s awful cologne!
NURSE STANDING: I’ve called in toxicology...
NURSE STANDING: ...but it may be too late!
CAPTION: Is this the end of Abby?
CAPTION: Spoiler: we still have lots of Frazetta art.
November 23, 2022
Hi, Tony. I love this gag. As for the spoiler, let me think about it. But so far I’m thinking it might work better--and thus be something we’ll use—if we make some very small modifications:
CAPTION: Is this the end of Abby?*
CAPTION: *Hint: We still have lots of Frazetta art. So...
CAPTION: Find out for sure when we return from our big, cliffhanger holiday break--Jan. 6!
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Dec 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Inks by Dick Giordano from the story Heartbreaker in First Kiss #12, 1960. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Image of a pair of woman’s high-heeled, red shoes.
CAPTION: Foxy LeTrotsky was kicked off Dancing with the Stars for using the rhythm method–without any music! But she never lost her passion for fancy footwork!
SCENE: In the foreground, a man is having a drink at a party. Behind him, a woman and a man are dancing.
WOMAN: Let’s sit this one out! I just spotted someone…uh, something I’ve got to do!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano
New Color: Allen Freeman
Melody: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Image of a pair of woman's high-heeled, red shoes.
CAPTION: Foxy LeTrotsky was kicked off Dancing with the Stars for using the rhythm method--without any music! But she never lost her passion for fancy footwork!
SCENE: In the foreground, a man is having a drink at a party. Behind him, a woman and a man are dancing.
WOMAN: Let’s sit this one out! I just spotted someone...uh, something I've got to do!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano
New Color: Allen Freeman
Melody: John Lustig
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by John | Dec 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
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: Bald man with weird flashes of light around his head.
MAN (thought): I put on this expensive cologne.
MAN (thought): I wear my best suit.
MAN (thought): But when I get here for Date Night…
MAN (thought): …they say I have to bring…
MAN (thought): …my own date!
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Bald man with weird flashes of light around his head.
MAN (thought): I put on this expensive cologne.
MAN (thought): I wear my best suit.
MAN (thought): But when I get here for Date Night...
MAN (thought): ...they say I have to bring...
MAN (thought): ...my own date!
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
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.
The Abby Amour miniseries runs every Friday. Dialogue by Tony Isabella. If you’ve missed some episodes, no problem. You can catch them here:
Transcript:
SCENE: Abby and Johnny are in a Jeep.
LOGO: The Loves of Abby Amour
JOHNNY: You sure you wanna go to the base hospital, Lt.?
JOHNNY: I’ve got medicinal tequila in my barracks.
ABBY: I’d rather take my chances…
ABBY: …with the food poisoning!
CAPTION: To be continued…
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Abby and Johnny are in a Jeep.
LOGO: The Loves of Abby Amour
JOHNNY: You sure you wanna go to the base hospital, Lt.?
JOHNNY: I’ve got medicinal tequila in my barracks.
ABBY: I’d rather take my chances...
ABBY: ...with the food poisoning!
CAPTION: To be continued...
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Dec 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’ve gotten a very positive response to today’s image. And some questions. So here’s a little info on how it was created:
Without any idea of how I’d use it, I created the basic image as an experiment using the AI program MidJourney. My prompt was “Photo of a beautiful woman on the edge of the world. In a photo by sherry akrami.”
(The resulting image wasn’t an actual Akrami photo, but was done in the style of Akrami’s black & white, fantasy photos.)
I then created several different versions of the “photo.” Here are just four of them:
Then I picked the one I liked best and started enhancing it. (By that time I had an idea for the text to go with the image.)
Then I ran the black and white image through a second AI program called PixBim Color Surprise (new to me) which colored the image. Then I fired up Luminar Neo (also new to me) which among other things has an AI function which allowed me to swap out the rather dull sky for a much more colorful one—with a single click of a button.
And then I put the image into Photoshop where I significantly enhanced the image’s colors.
Then I placed the image into Illustrator and lettered it.
All in all, it was a lot of steps—some with new tools—but, oh boy, did I have fun!
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman standing on the edge of a cliff, looking over a colorful, fantasy world.
CAPTION: Reading books opened a new world for her! And now…she was ready…to rule it!
2022 Art: A.I. Magic Book Lover: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman standing on the edge of a cliff, looking over a colorful, fantasy world.
CAPTION: Reading books opened a new world for her! And now...she was ready...to rule it!
2022 Art: A.I. Magic Book Lover: John Lustig
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