by John | Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sometimes words just get in the way.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Girl Meets Boy!” in FIRST KISS #11, Nov. 1959.
Read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.
Transcript:
MAN: Hi! You don’t know me, but…
WOMAN: Stop! You’re perfect! Don’t spoil it by talking.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptMAN: Hi! You don’t know me, but…
WOMAN: Stop! You’re perfect! Don’t spoil it by talking.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Pencils by Charles Nicholas. ( Inks possibly by Jon D’Agostino.) From the story “The End of the Honeymoon” in Brides in Love #1, 1956.
Transcript:
SCENE: Bride and groom embracing and about to kiss.
GROOM: Uh oh! I just heard…the divorce rate is one out of two!
BRIDE: Gosh! I wonder who’ll be getting divorced…you or me?
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Inks: Jon D’Agostino? Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Bride and groom embracing and about to kiss.
GROOM: Uh oh! I just heard…the divorce rate is one out of two!
BRIDE: Gosh! I wonder who’ll be getting divorced...you or me?
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Inks: Jon D'Agostino? Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Jul 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
A prime example of I-Don’t-Need-Birth-Control-Because-I’m-Going-to-Stay-A-Virgin (this time) logic.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.
Art by Vince Colletta Studio in the story “Loves Lovely Mirage” in FIRST KISS #36, 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: A young man and woman are in the foreground. They’re on a date. In the background is an older woman.
MAN: You have a chaperone?
WOMAN: Yes! And it’s so unnecessary! I’ve ALMOST never gotten pregnant…on a first date!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young man and woman are in the foreground. They're on a date. In the background is an older woman.
MAN: You have a chaperone?
WOMAN: Yes! And it’s so unnecessary! I’ve ALMOST never gotten pregnant...on a first date!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
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by John | Jul 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
And for those of you who are curious, you can see the entire 1925 film on YouTube.
Transcript:
SCENE: A royal man and woman about to be coronated or married. There’s a huge crowd of soldiers and people behind them in the cathedral.
KING: Okay, you put your right foot in. You take your right foot out!
QUEEN: You put your right foot in and you shake it all about…
CAPTION: Doing “The Hokey Pokey–The Deluxe Edition.”
Image: John Gilbert and Mae Murray in the 1925 film The Merry Widow
New dialogue by John Lustig
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A royal man and woman about to be coronated or married. There's a huge crowd of soldiers and people behind them in the cathedral.
KING: Okay, you put your right foot in. You take your right foot out!
QUEEN: You put your right foot in and you shake it all about...
CAPTION: Doing “The Hokey Pokey--The Deluxe Edition.”
Image: John Gilbert and Mae Murray in the 1925 film The Merry Widow
New dialogue by John Lustig
Murray, Mae (Merry Widow, The)
by John | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art from “The Love That Failed” in FIRST KISS #25, 1962.
Transcript:
Woman crying as a man tries to kiss her.
WOMAN: It’s not fair!
Why didn’t someone tell us…sex
isn’t an Olympic sport?
1962 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptWoman crying as a man tries to kiss her.
WOMAN: It’s not fair!
Why didn’t someone tell us...sex
isn’t an Olympic sport?
1962 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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