by John | Sep 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy Labor Day! And many thanks to my hard-working pal Mike Pascale for both the help on today’s joke and the additions to the art.
Artist unknown. Art from GREAT LOVER ROMANCE #16, 1954.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man wearing a hardhat is kissing the neck of a woman who has her eyes closed.
MAN: My Labor Day project?it’s…you!
WOMAN: Then work me, baby! Work me hard!
1954 Artist Unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Hard Hat, Hard Laughs & Hard Labor: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man wearing a hardhat is kissing the neck of a woman who has her eyes closed.
MAN: My Labor Day project?it’s...you!
WOMAN: Then work me, baby! Work me hard!
1954 Artist Unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Hard Hat, Hard Laughs & Hard Labor: Mike Pascale
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by John | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art attributed to George Tuska from the “Glory Forbes” story in Rangers Comics #22, April 1945.
Transcript:
CAPTION: At first, Shirley Smelmoor was just a hardworking deodorant model–testing the olfactory limits of the latest pit protection devised by Dismal Hygiene, Inc! But then a new, experimental deodorant is accidentally mixed with radioactive ore! (Don’t ask how! It doesn’t make sense to us either!) And Shirley becomes Ms. Sniff–the Maid of Malodorous Might!
PANEL #1: Ms. Sniff is undressing on a dock.
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Stopping that bank robbery left me smelling worse than a skunk in a cesspool!
PANEL #2: Ms. Sniff dives off the pier into the water as a bystander comments.
BYSTANDER: Hey! What reeks? Did something die?MS. SNIFF (thinking): A quick bath in Lake Fetid should do the trick!
PANEL #3: Ms. Sniff is hiding in the water below the pier as she hears voices from above.
BYSTANDER: No! It’s worse! It’s Ms. Sniff…The siren of stench!
BYSTANDER #2: Again? That putrid pariah oughta be run out of town!
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Th-that voice! It’s my date…Paul!
CAPTION: What happens next? Find out in our next sinus-scorching adventure: “I’ll love you forever…as long as you’re downwind!”
1945 Art by George Tuska Color by Lustig
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↓ TranscriptCAPTION: At first, Shirley Smelmoor was just a hardworking deodorant model--testing the olfactory limits of the latest pit protection devised by Dismal Hygiene, Inc! But then a new, experimental deodorant is accidentally mixed with radioactive ore! (Don’t ask how! It doesn’t make sense to us either!) And Shirley becomes Ms. Sniff--the Maid of Malodorous Might!
PANEL #1: Ms. Sniff is undressing on a dock.
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Stopping that bank robbery left me smelling worse than a skunk in a cesspool!
PANEL #2: Ms. Sniff dives off the pier into the water as a bystander comments.
BYSTANDER: Hey! What reeks? Did something die?MS. SNIFF (thinking): A quick bath in Lake Fetid should do the trick!
PANEL #3: Ms. Sniff is hiding in the water below the pier as she hears voices from above.
BYSTANDER: No! It’s worse! It’s Ms. Sniff...The siren of stench!
BYSTANDER #2: Again? That putrid pariah oughta be run out of town!
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Th-that voice! It’s my date…Paul!
CAPTION: What happens next? Find out in our next sinus-scorching adventure: “I’ll love you forever…as long as you’re downwind!”
1945 Art by George Tuska Color by Lustig
by John | Aug 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve ordered a 10-pound box of dark chocolates (with whiskey centers) for you, my sweet!
Art attributed to John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
Transcript:
SCENE: Stern, scary man leaning into woman who seems frightened.
WOMAN: No more ugly truth! I want beautiful lies! And chocolate!
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Stern, scary man leaning into woman who seems frightened.
WOMAN: No more ugly truth! I want beautiful lies! And chocolate!
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Aug 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of Secrets of Young Brides #40, Dec. 1963.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman holding cigarette is talking to a man who has one hand on the doorknob of a door and the other is holding a lit pipe. He appears angry and ready to leave.
WOMAN: Did I have sex with your best friend? I’m not sure! Which one is he?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of Secrets of Young Brides #40, Dec. 1963.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding cigarette is talking to a man who has one hand on the doorknob of a door and the other is holding a lit pipe. He appears angry and ready to leave.
WOMAN: Did I have sex with your best friend? I’m not sure! Which one is he?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of Secrets of Young Brides #40, Dec. 1963.
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by John | Aug 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Art Cappello & Vince Alascia from the story “My Man” in First Kiss #11, Nov. 1959.
Transcript:
CAPTION: During every full moon Tallulah Tearwell becomes a living dynamo of emotional energy…capable of feats far beyond the ken of mortal man! Thus is born the legend of the unlikeliest superhero of all…PMS Woman!
VOICE COMING FROM OFF-PANEL: Wait! come back! The quicksand is sucking me under! I…ggglubb!
RUNNING WOMAN: That look of horror…can mean only one thing! He thinks I’m fat! Must go…shopping…before it’s too late!
1958 Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptCAPTION: During every full moon Tallulah Tearwell becomes a living dynamo of emotional energy...capable of feats far beyond the ken of mortal man! Thus is born the legend of the unlikeliest superhero of all...PMS Woman!
VOICE COMING FROM OFF-PANEL: Wait! come back! The quicksand is sucking me under! I...ggglubb!
RUNNING WOMAN: That look of horror...can mean only one thing! He thinks I'm fat! Must go...shopping...before it's too late!
1958 Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman
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