by John | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I couldn’t resist writing a last-minute gag for Valentine’s Day. But I ended up writing four different punchlines for the guy in this comic.
—One sorta sweet. (“You bet!”)
—One sorta rude. ( “I’ve had worse!”)
—One sorta sexy. (“Happy Valentine’s Night!”)
—And the sorta silly one I ended up using.
Which is best? Beats me. For sheer schmaltz, though, I’d vote for the caption in the original romance comic from the 1960s:
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman kissing in front of a huge Valentine's heart.
WOMAN: Happy Valentine's Day?
MAN: So far? Not bad!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
by John | Feb 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
I love collaborating with Mike Pascale on holiday gags. We always begin by selecting art that Mike can modify (or in this case “Cupify”) to fit the holiday. Then we both think up gags
Many of these are great gags. Wonderful, side-splitting, pee-in-your-pants funny gags.
For the sake of hygiene, we throw all those gags away and just use whatever is left over.
Below is the original art (drawn by Vince Colletta) with the original text as it appeared in an issue of First Kiss in the early 1960s.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holds up a smiling cupid.
CUPID: So it's a deal! I'll get you a date...
WOMAN: And I'll change your diapers!
Original art by Vince Colletta. Cupidization by Mike Pascale
by John | Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
And here’s the original First Kiss romance art before it got the Last Kiss treatment…
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: In foreground, man and woman are kissing. In the background, a man watches them.
MAN IN BACKGROUND: I mean it! Five more minutes…and I’m cancelling our date!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
by John | Feb 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yes! I’m wonderful. And—because you realize how wonderful I am—you must be wonderful too! Maybe not as wonderful as me—but pretty good. Or at least not bad.
So there you go. Feel better? Wonderful!
And here’s the original romance art before it got the Last Kiss treatment….
↓ TranscriptMAN (talking to woman): Gosh! You’re right! I am wonderful!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
by John | Feb 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
And here’s the original romance art before it got the Last Kiss treatment….
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman is writing in a book. She looks up and speaks to a man.
WOMAN: Lucky me! My teacher grades on the curves!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
