by John | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Jack Sparling from the story “Bottled Heartache” in Great Lover Romances #11, Oct. 1953. Toby. The story begins on Page 17.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Beautiful woman in a cocktail dress holds a cocktail as she talks to an older man in a tux.
WOMAN: I'm not desperate or drunk enough to go home with you--now! Maybe later!
1953 Art: Jack Sparling Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Waiting for Later: John Lustig
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by John | Mar 19, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Jealousy” in First Kiss #14, May 1960. Charlton. The story begins on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman kissing.
CAPTION: It was the ultimate battle of osculating stamina. Before the match, Tad ate a Surströmming sandwich. Nan went with the stinky tofu. As their lips started burning...their survival was far from certain.
1960 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Mar 17, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story Love’s Lovely Mirage” in First Kiss #36, Feb. 1964. Charlton Comics. The story begins on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman are about to kiss. Behind them is a starry night sky.
MAN: I wonder if there's intelligent life in the universe...
WOMAN: Other than me and you? I doubt it!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Character Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Alien Intelligence: John Lustig
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by John | Mar 16, 2024 | Blog
Answers to Questions No One Has Asked Yet—But Will!
Q: Did you really wear Groucho glasses on your wedding day.
A: Yes, but only after the ceremony when we wanted to look cool.
Q: Why did you get married on St. Patrick’s Day?
A: Shelagh’s family is Irish (via Scotland and Canada,) And it seemed like a lucky date. (Plus, I had a green tie that I’d been wanting to wear.)
Q: How did you meet?
A: After my mom had cancer surgery, Shelagh was one of my mother’s nurses. I met Shelagh when she was on duty the night before my mother was discharged. I wanted to see Shelagh again so, I looked her up in the phone book (remember those?) and asked her out. A few weeks later I proposed. And she’s been stuck with me ever since.
↓ TranscriptSCENE A bride (Shelagh Lustig) and a groom (John Lustig) are wearing Groucho Marx glasses, noses and mustaches on their wedding day.
SHELAGH: I love a man with a good sense of humor!
JOHN: Really? is he anyone I know?
Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary
to my muse & partner in matrimonial mischief:
Shelagh Boroughs Lustig
(And Happy St. Patrick’s Day
to everyone else.)
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by John | Mar 14, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Dick Giordano from the story “The Serious Type” in First Kiss #13, March 1960. Charlton Comics. The story beings on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman side-eyes a leprechaun in the background.
WOMAN (thinking): Sure he’s King of the Leprechauns tonight! But tomorrow he’ll just be Rory O’Hara, King of Burgers!
1960 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman & Mike Pascale
Leprechaun Transformation: Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Jennifer M. Contino
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