by John | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m giving myself an early Father’s Day present. I’m taking the week off to recharge my batteries and work on some other projects.
So, today and the rest of the week, I’ll be running father-themed gags from my archive. I hope you enjoy them!
Original art from First Kiss #13, 1960. Click on image to enlarge.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young woman talking to a her pipe-smoking father.
DAUGHTER: Dad, I was wondering...where do babies come from?
FATHER: Beats me! I keep asking your mom...but she won’t tell me!
Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
©Last Kiss Inc. 2013
13.1.3.4
by John | Jun 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Original art from First Kiss #30, 1963. Click on image to enlarge.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman in a slip on a bed.
WOMAN: Is it hot in here or is it just me...being incredible?
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
©2013 Last Kiss Inc.
30.1.3.5
by John | Jun 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Original Art below:
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young woman dressed in a college commencement cap and gown is congratulated by an older man who may be her dad.
MAN: We’re so proud!
So proud!
So proud!
WOMAN: I'm sure I'll get tired of this...in a few hours!
Artist: Unknown Color: Allen Freeman
©2013 Last Kiss Inc
KissAndRun3.1
by John | Jun 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Below is the cover of First Kiss #1. This 1957 issue launched Charlton’s First Kiss romance series, of course.
And—decades later—it’d be the series that I bought from Charlton. So, you could say this comic was the start of Last Kiss as well.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young man and woman dressed in commencement robes are kissing:
MAN: Look out, World! We’re
gonna change everything!
WOMAN: Already changed, Babe! I’m pregnant!
Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color: Allen Freeman
©2013 Last Kiss Inc
FK01
by John | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
This isn’t the first silly verse I’ve written. Over the years, I’ve occasionally slipped nonsense rhymes into my comic book scripts for Disney:
“But we mail carriers are tough! We eat spinach and liver!
“And though we may occasionally shiver…
“Like Santa, with postage, we always deliver!”
But I’m not a real poet like my pal Robert Hoffman. His stuff isn’t just funny. It’s also sophisticated. And highbrow!
(By that, of course, I mean that his poetry doesn’t rhyme—and, yet, people still recognize it as poetry. Something I couldn’t pull off!)
I’d be jealous except that he asked me to provide the cover art for his new book 15 Shady Poems and a Love Sonnet.
I can’t resent anyone with taste bad enough to want me associated with such high-class poetry!
Art from Intimate #3, 1958.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Beautiful woman in a slinky dress singing into a microphone.
WOMAN (singing): Love me tender, Love me sweet. Beware!
I know judo! Wash your feet! And
then repeat, This is not porn--ooo!*
*With apologies to Elvis Presley
--not that he cares.
Restoration & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
©2013 Last Kiss Inc
Intimate3.9.1
