by John | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
More real fun from my real pal, the imaginary Tony Isabella!
Art by Dick Giordano from Brides in Love #33, Dec. 1962.
Transcript:
SCENE: Ghostly woman’s floating head calls out to a man and woman in the foreground.
GHOST WOMAN: She’s not good enough for you! Let the tramp go!
OTHER WOMAN: I’m sorry, Johnny, but I can’t be with a man…who still has an imaginary friend! Especially one that’s such a bitch!
1962 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Ghostly woman's floating head calls out to a man and woman in the foreground.
GHOST WOMAN: She’s not good enough for you! Let the tramp go!
OTHER WOMAN: I’m sorry, Johnny, but I can’t be with a man...who still has an imaginary friend! Especially one that’s such a bitch!
1962 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jul 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
A tax gag in July? Yup! Because of the coronavirus, the IRS changed it’s deadlines this year from the usual April 15. Instead the deadline is July 15. Yikes!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio in the story “Made for Romance” in FIRST KISS #4, 1958.
Transcript:
WOMAN AT A DESK TO MAN: I’m sorry, sir, but the IRS does not accept souls for payment…yet!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio in the story “Made for Romance” in FIRST KISS #4, 1958.
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN AT A DESK TO MAN: I'm sorry, sir, but the IRS does not accept souls for payment...yet!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio in the story "Made for Romance" in FIRST KISS #4, 1958.
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by John | Jul 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
For some reason, I’ve been writing a bunch of “jungle girl” gags. Here’s the first of many!
(Unless you all hate it. But maybe even if you do…’cause I had a lot of fun doing this.)
Art attributed to Jack Kamen from the cover of Rulah, Jungle Goddess #24, March 1949.
Transcript:
SCENE: Vine Vixen swings into a gorilla—landing a kick to his chest.
GORILLA: Back off, Vine Vixen! Compared to me, you’re just a silly, second-rate jungle swinger!
VINE VIXEN: Second rate?!! But I swing both ways!
1949 Art: Jack Kamen Silly New Dialogue: John Lustig
Restoration & New Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Vine Vixen swings into a gorilla---landing a kick to his chest.
GORILLA: Back off, Vine Vixen! Compared to me, you’re just a silly, second-rate jungle swinger!
VINE VIXEN: Second rate?!! But I swing both ways!
1949 Art: Jack Kamen Silly New Dialogue: John Lustig
Restoration & New Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Jul 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Like a runaway train headed for a cream pie factory, it’s humor from guest writer Tony Isabella!
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman and a man embrace on a train station platform. There’s a train nearby in the background.
WOMAN: Oh, Billy, traveling cross country by train is so much fun! I made so many friends along the way! The engineer even let me pull his whistle!
MAN (thinks): Ulp! I hope that’s not a euphemism!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Conductor: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman and a man embrace on a train station platform. There's a train nearby in the background.
WOMAN: Oh, Billy, traveling cross country by train is so much fun! I made so many friends along the way! The engineer even let me pull his whistle!
MAN (thinks): Ulp! I hope that’s not a euphemism!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Conductor: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jul 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve watched (and loved) a lot of silent films over the years. And adding silent movie images to the Last Kiss mix isn’t as unlikely as it might first seem.
In fact, it was the old TV show
Fractured Flickers—which added silly, dubbed dialogue to silent movies—that partially inspired my creation of Last Kiss. It was funny stuff—and no wonder.
Fractured Flickers was created by
Jay Ward, the genius behind the
Rocky & Bullwinkle show.
I’ve got at least one more of these silent screen sillies coming up soon in Last Kiss. I hope people enjoy ’em. I’ve love to do more.
Transcript:
Theda Bara as Cleopatra: Someday my prince will come! But waiting for him is a royal pain…in my plump patrician posterior!
Image: Theda Bara from the 1917 film, Cleopatra.
Dialogue by John Lusig
↓ TranscriptTheda Bara as Cleopatra: Someday my prince will come! But waiting for him is a royal pain...in my plump patrician posterior!
Image: Theda Bara from the 1917 film, Cleopatra.
Dialogue by John Lusig
