by John | Dec 31, 2023 | Blog
Running a gag written by my pal Mike Pascale is a great way to start off the year! Thanks, Mike! And Happy New Year to all of us–no matter what happens in politics!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “Dear Jilted” in Brides in Love #8, June 1958. Charlton. The story begins on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man has his arm around a woman and is holding her hand with his other hand. There are fireworks in the sky behind them.
WOMAN: It's a new Year! With new hopes and dreams...
MAN: AND A NEW ELECTION!
WOMAN: WELL, THERE GO THE HOPES AND DREAMS!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Humor, Fireworks & Pizzaz: Mike Pascale
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by John | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Syd Shores from the story “The Fatal Note” in Nightmare #1, July 1952. Published by Ziff-Davis. The story begins on Page 22.
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Synopsis of “The Fatal Note” courtesy of the Grand Comics Database: Walt and Eve are shipwrecked in a storm. Walt holds onto a spar to keep afloat and Eve drowns, screaming for help, as Walt claims the spar cannot hold them both. Walt meets Morta, who tells Walt he will die in a year unless he tells someone how he let Eve drown. Walt is rescued and gradually falls in love with Eve’s best friend but is haunted by images of Eve’s face as she was drowning. He tells no one and a year to the date of her drowning, he flies to Paris and his flight goes down in the ocean, whereupon he jumps in to be with Eve.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman are embracing. But the man is sweating profusely and looks nervously at the woman.
WOMAN: I have two New Year’s resolutions! One is to lose half a pound! And the other is for you to propose! I wonder--which’ll happen first?
1952 Art: Syd Shores Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Dec 26, 2023 | Blog
No. In real life, you shouldn’t ever let your dog have turkey or chicken bones. It’s dangerous to their health.
Can I Give My Dog Turkey Bones?
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Happy dog posing with a huge turkey leg that he's plopped on a table.
DOG (thinking): Sure. I ran to the kitchen to fetch the ball. But...look what I found!!!
Raw Image: A.I. Magic Canine Translation: John Lustig
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by John | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog
Happy Boxing Day! Or–if you’re a kitten–Unboxing Day!
“Twas the night after Christmas and all through the house,
a creature was stirring. And it sure wasn’t a mouse!
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A photo of a happy kitten covered and surrounded by ribbons. We can see branches of a Christmas tree on our left.
KITTEN: Can we do Christmas again? I love it!
Raw Image: A.I. Magic Translated from Feline by: John Lustig
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by John | Dec 24, 2023 | Blog
Happy Holidays!
Original Vintage Art & Text
If you’re wondering about the bizarre color in the art below, the whole page of the printed comic is this way. It wasn’t unusual for Charlton comics to be printed with colors out of register. But to print with an entire color plate missing? That was rare—even for Charlton!
Art by Vince Colletta from the story “Involuntary Bride” in First Kiss #40, 1965. Published by Charlton. The story begins on Page 24 of comicbookplus’s fabulous, free online reprint here.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A bride and groom kissing with a Christmas tree in the background.
BRIDE & GROOM (thinking): Marry Christmas!*
CAPTION: *Merry Christmas however you spell it or celebrate it!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Character Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Married & Merry: John Lustig
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