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.
The Abby Amour miniseries runs every Friday. Dialogue by Tony Isabella. If you’ve missed any episodes, no problem. You can catch them here:
Transcript:
LOGO: The Loves of Abby Amour
CAPTION: Poisoned by a undercooked eggplant…
CAPTION: …Abby shakily makes her way…
CAPTION: …to the base hospital!
DRIVER: HEY! Watch where you’re going, ya blonde bimbo!
ABBY: EEK!
CAPTION: Still chuckling over the “eggplant” reference?
CAPTION: What are you…twelve?
CAPTION: To be continued…
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
↓ Transcript
LOGO: The Loves of Abby Amour
CAPTION: Poisoned by a undercooked eggplant...
CAPTION: ...Abby shakily makes her way... CAPTION: ...to the base hospital!
DRIVER--JOHNNY SACKO: HEY! Watch where you’re going, ya blonde bimbo! ABBY: EEK!
CAPTION: Still chuckling over the “eggplant” reference?
CAPTION: What are you...twelve?
CAPTION: To be continued...
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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CAPTION: Poisoned by a undercooked eggplant...
CAPTION: ...Abby shakily makes her way... CAPTION: ...to the base hospital!
DRIVER--JOHNNY SACKO: HEY! Watch where you’re going, ya blonde bimbo! ABBY: EEK!
CAPTION: Still chuckling over the “eggplant” reference?
CAPTION: What are you...twelve?
CAPTION: To be continued...
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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Woah! Where did her chin go? Also, it looks like there’s a big chunk missing out of the back of her head! It really does make her look like a pencil eraser.
Since Bill seems to be a bit of a pencil neck geek, maybe they were meant to be?
Maybe this wasn’t the first Jeep she walked in front of.
“…When Bill came into my life. Which isn’t where I wanted him to come, but I suppose we have to start somewhere.”
I’m old enough to say that I’m not sure I would have made the eggplant connection when I was 12. But these kids today….
I think it is high time Last Kiss began giving out academic credits for broadening the vocabulary of readers. I learn a lot from reading the blog.