by John | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
On the plus side: You didn’t just lose an hour. You traveled forward in time!
Transcript:
SCENE: Harold Lloyd is hanging (barely) onto the minute hand of a large clock that is high above a city street.
Harold: I forget. Do I spring Forward? Or Fall… back?
CAPTION: Daylight Saving Time? Don’t Fall for it!
Image: Harold Lloyd in the 1923 film, Safety Last.
New dialogue by John Lustig
Lloyd, Harold (Safety Last)_01_1923
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Harold Lloyd is hanging (barely) onto the minute hand of a large clock that is high above a city street.
Harold: I forget. Do I spring Forward? Or Fall... back?
CAPTION: Daylight Saving Time? Don’t Fall for it!
Image: Harold Lloyd in the 1923 film, Safety Last.
New dialogue by John Lustig
Lloyd, Harold (Safety Last)_01_1923
by John | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art by Bill Ward from Torchy #4, May 1950. Quality Comics.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman in her underwear is getting dressed as she looks in the mirror.
CAPTION: The World’s Shortest Fairy Tale
WOMAN (Thinking): That girl
in the mirror can’t be me. She’s so…beautiful!
CAPTION: Overwhelmed by her own beauty, Bettie fell in love…
with herself! And so, she lived happily ever after! The End
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman in her underwear is getting dressed as she looks in the mirror.
CAPTION: The World's Shortest Fairy Tale
WOMAN (Thinking): That girl
in the mirror can’t be me. She’s so...beautiful!
CAPTION: Overwhelmed by her own beauty, Bettie fell in love...
with herself! And so, she lived happily ever after! The End
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.lk618
Torchy4_5_1.jpg
by John | Mar 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art by Vince Colletta from the story “Involuntary Bride” from FIRST KISS #40, 1965.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and a woman kiss as birds high above them circle in the sky.
CAPTION: The Love Vultures
circled, waiting for the
romance to die. Surely, the couple couldn’t keep kissing! Surely their love would end! Years later, the birds
were all dead–eaten by other vultures. And the man and woman? They were still kissing!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.LK266
40.6.8.3
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and a woman kiss as birds high above them circle in the sky.
CAPTION: The Love Vultures
circled, waiting for the
romance to die. Surely, the couple couldn’t keep kissing! Surely their love would end! Years later, the birds
were all dead--eaten by other vultures. And the man and woman? They were still kissing!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.LK266
40.6.8.3
by John | Mar 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy International Women’s Day!
Inks by Dick Giordano from the story “Heartbreaker” in FIRST KISS #12, 1960.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man and woman talking in a car parked in the woods.
MAN: Sure! I like women! There’s, uh…Mom! She’s a woman…I think!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
12.3.2.3
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman talking in a car parked in the woods.
MAN: Sure! I like women! There’s, uh…Mom! She’s a woman...I think!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
12.3.2.3
by John | Mar 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Symphony of Love” in FIRST KISS #39, 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man and woman having a drink.
WOMAN: I’d never marry you for money! But, if I did…how much are we talking about?
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
39.3.6.3
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman having a drink.
WOMAN: I’d never marry you for money! But, if I did...how much are we talking about?
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
39.3.6.3
