by John | Jan 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art from the story “Murder Mansion” in Adventures into Darkness #5, Aug. 1952. (First story in that issue if you’re looking for it.) Published by Standard Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
↓ TranscriptMALE POLICE OFFICER/COP: Darn! I left my handcuffs at home…in bed with my wife!
1952 Art: Alex Toth & Mike Peppe Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jan 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Happy MLK, Jr. Day!
↓ Transcript“Not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great...because greatness is determined by service.
“You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.”
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
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by John | Jan 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Abby Amour miniseries runs every Friday. Dialogue by Tony Isabella with repurposed art by Frank Frazetta. If you’ve missed some episodes, no problem. You can catch find them here using the links below the original art.
Sue Daigle-Leach!
I’m very excited to announce that Sue Daigle-Leach will be coloring the dream sequence panels of the Abby Amour series. (Get a better look at her art below.)
Nominated for both Eisner and Harvey awards, Sue is probably best known to fans for her work coloring classic Disney comics by Barks, Van Horn, Jippes, Rosa and so many others. And, yes, I’m among those lucky Disney “others” whose stories Sue has colored.
Sue has been coloring funny animal Disney comics since the 1980s. And at first she told me that “these [Last Kiss panels] are the first non-cartoony humans I’ve colored [professionally], unless you want to count that one Barks story where he gave his human characters actual human faces [in the story “Dangerous Disguise.”]
But then she thought and added: “Oh, and I did color a couple of limited series titles for Todd McFarlane…There was a human kid in that one!”
Okay, so we don’t quite have a first here. But close.
If you want to spend a few pleasant moments, Sue’s Instagram site has lots of her personal colored art–much of it featuring wildlife. And to know more about Sue, here’s her wikipedia page.

A better look at Sue’s coloring–sans my lettering.
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.
Here are links to past episodes of Abby Amour:
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LOGO: The Loves of Abby Amour
CAPTION: A comatose Abby is dreaming.
JOHNNY: How great is this! PFC Johnny Sacko is dating the hottest
chick on the base...and she’s an officer!
JOHNNY: Maybe you could autograph your panties to me?
JOHNNY: Once they dry out?
ABBY: *giggle* Oh, Johnny, you’re so stupid and toxic!
ABBY: What makes you think I’m wearing any?
CAPTION: Uh-oh. Something is very wrong here.
by John | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text

Artist unknown. From the story “Heartless” in NEW ROMANCES #9, 1952. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
↓ TranscriptWOMAN TALKING ON A PHONE: But, Mom, we did wait! We didn’t get engaged…til after I got pregnant!
1952 Artist Unknown Re-Creation: Elite Avni-Sharon
Engaging Writer: John Lustig
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by John | Jan 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by William Tewkesbury from the story “Private Affair” in All True Romance #19, 1954. Publlished by Comic Media. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
↓ TranscriptBUSTY WOMAN (with lots of cleavage): You need to visit “the Happiest Place on Earth!”
MAN: Disneyland?
BUSTY WOMAN (with lots of cleavage): No, my bedroom!
1954 Art: William Tewkesbury
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Happiness Expert: John Lustig
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