Happy Easter!
Big thanks–even bigger than these monster eggs—to Mike Pascale for the great gag and visual changes to the original art. Now hop to it and think of some more gag, Mr. Pascale. (I’m paying you in Peeps®, of course!)
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art unattributed but possibly by Vince Colletta. From the story “You Can Never Tell” in First Kiss #10, Sept. 1959. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A mother in (an Easter?) dress is with a young girl and boy looking towards a house with at least three giant Easter eggs on the lawn. A pair of bunny rabbits look on.
MOM: Kids, you’re going to need bigger easter baskets!
BUNNY RABBITS: Mrs. Godzilla is such a show-off!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Eggcellent Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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MOM: Kids, you’re going to need bigger easter baskets!
BUNNY RABBITS: Mrs. Godzilla is such a show-off!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Eggcellent Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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“Of course we’ll be married Bob…
…Just not to each other.”
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…We can’t get divorced if we don’t get married first.”
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…It’s a big part of my plan to drive you screaming into an early grave.”
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…But let’s not be like our parents and do it right after you get me pregnant. Let’s do it before.”
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Why is the bridesmaid in a green dress wearing a brown glove?
…She was in charge of conducting cavity searches on all the groomsmen when the ring came up missing.
…So she didn’t leave fingerprints on the corpse of the groom’s ex-girlfriend who couldn’t figure out that invitation was really just for form’s sake.
…After the reception, she needs to go plow up the back forty.
…Because a true friend wears what the bride has picked out. No matter how tacky, nauseating, disgusting, revolting, shameless, vomit-inducing, and thoughtless it is. Oh, and the glove’s ugly too.
…Because a wedding is a gathering of family and friends and lots of booze..which means someone’s going to need slapping at some point or other.
Ahh, the brown glove! The universal symbol of the Amish Mechanic.
Yeah, tell Mrs. Godzilla how you feel. Those Godzillas seem like they’d have a reasonable reaction to some friendly advice….