No Need to Be Good?
And here’s the original 1950s romance comic art…
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WOMAN: I don’t have to be good...if I look good!
Art by Vince Colletta
Art by Vince Colletta
The Rich Need Love Too
Below is the original 1960s romance comic art—which asks the eternal question: Do you have enough fun in your life?
No? Then maybe you should become a party girl…like Sherry!
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SCENE: Woman talking to a man.
WOMAN: I’m very open minded! I don’t care if a man is a billionaire…or just a millionaire!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
WOMAN: I’m very open minded! I don’t care if a man is a billionaire…or just a millionaire!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
Best Summer Job Ever
Below is the original 1960s art from First Kiss #19. Need I mention that by the end of the story she discovers that she’s in love with Bill? I didn’t think so.
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SCENE: Woman writing a letter.
LETTER: “Dear Mom:
Good news! I’ve been offered a summer job as a trophy wife!”
LETTER: “Dear Mom:
Good news! I’ve been offered a summer job as a trophy wife!”
Further Adventures of the Sexually Gifted
Below is the original romance art. It’s the opening panel to a story about a couple who spend so much time smooching and making googly eyes at each other that they make all their “friends” feel like barfing.
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SCENE: Picnic. People playing volleyball in the distant background. A man and a woman watch as another couple kiss.
SIGN: Picnic
Institute for the Sexually Gifted
WOMAN: Those poor kids! We're having fun and they're stuck doing homework!
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia
SIGN: Picnic
Institute for the Sexually Gifted
WOMAN: Those poor kids! We're having fun and they're stuck doing homework!
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia
Why I’m Not Going to UCLA
My thanks to “Picto”—one of my readers on GoComics.com—for suggesting the name “The Institute for the Sexually Gifted.”
I have some very inventive, funny and (surprisingly) dirty fans on GoComics.com. Many of the best comics in the world are available for free on that site. But honestly—sometimes the comments from readers are even funnier than the comics.
Original Art:
Below is the original art. This is actually a panel from the same story as Friday’s comic.
It’s a little earlier in the story and Betty has just learned that the boy she likes (Rod) is interested in icthyology. (Sure. I know when I hit puberty all I could think about was fish.)
So naturally icthyology becomes important to her too.
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GIRL: I love UCLA! But the Institute for the Sexually Gifted has better orgies!
Art by Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani
Art by Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani
