Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “My Confidence Man” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and woman are embracing lightly. She looks at him with concern. His head is down and his eyes are closed. He appears depressed or sad.
WOMAN: I suppose your wife doesn’t understand you!
MAN: No! She does! That’s the problem!
WOMAN: You poor man!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Problems & Pranks: John Lustig
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↓ Transcript
SCENE: A man and woman are embracing lightly. She looks at him with concern. His head is down and his eyes are closed. He appears depressed or sad.
WOMAN: I suppose your wife doesn’t understand you!
MAN: No! She does! That’s the problem!
WOMAN: You poor man!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Problems & Pranks: John Lustig
DJP.lk338
WOMAN: I suppose your wife doesn’t understand you!
MAN: No! She does! That’s the problem!
WOMAN: You poor man!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Problems & Pranks: John Lustig
DJP.lk338
Don’t marry for money, hang out with rich people and fall in love.
Dave, that is perhaps the best advice of all time.
“Oh, it’s right behind you, huh? Could you go to the store for me while I, uh, just look at it?”
Sure. I need to buy a suitcase to hold all of Uncle George’s money anyway. I just hope I can find one on big enough and on wheels. There’s just so much money! It’s hard carrying it around with me. Thanks for watching it for me while I’m gone.
“She understands me so well that she’s standing right behind us, isn’t she?”