Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “My Outlaw Lover” in FIRST KISS #20, 1961.
Inspiration doesn’t always strike like lightning. Sometimes it just sort of throbs and nags—sorta like a headache. At least it did for this gag.
Below is my original version of today’s gag—which some of you saw before I changed and re-posted it. I wasn’t really happy with it, but couldn’t come up with anything better—for awhile. After some agonizing, though, I came up with the newer version (see top image) which I think is crisper and funnier.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman desperately trying to embrace an unhappy looking man.
WOMAN: Good news! My shrink says, I’m not crazy about everything! Just you!
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
©2015 Last Kiss Inc
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WOMAN: Good news! My shrink says, I’m not crazy about everything! Just you!
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
©2015 Last Kiss Inc
DJP.lk119
Rah Rah Ree
Kick him in the knee
Rah Rah Ralls
Kick him in the other knee
The usual female reaction would have been to rhyme the fourth line with the third.
I also see that the 2015 version above does not match the one on Go Comics. Unfortunately, I know several who are like both the 1961 and Go Comics versions.
Vera: Let me show you exactly how I like to be mauled.