My thanks to Jim Guida who wrote the hilarious dialogue for that unfortunate young lady pining away in the background. (I then came up with the cover caption in the red box.)
Over the years, Jim has contributed several gags (all great) to Last Kiss. And fortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way to stop him from coming up with more!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Al Avison from the cover of Hi-School Romance #10, August 1951. Harvey Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman and a bare-chested man are kissing on a deserted island—deserted that is except for a sad, bandaged woman who watches in the background. Further back in the distance, we see a yacht wrecked in the water.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND: Well, at least I still have my yacht.
CAPTION: After the shipwreck, Mary Ann had to choose! Would she commit…
“Murder or Ménage à Trois?”
1951 Art: Al Avison
2022 Wiseguys: Jim Guida & John Lustig
Hi-School Romance #10
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND: Well, at least I still have my yacht.
CAPTION: After the shipwreck, Mary Ann had to choose! Would she commit…
“Murder or Ménage à Trois?”
1951 Art: Al Avison
2022 Wiseguys: Jim Guida & John Lustig
Hi-School Romance #10
Murder or Menage a Trois…. can’t we do both?!
Oh, I see….
I think you have the women mixed up, John. Obviously it’s Mary Ann kissing, and Ginger with the bandaged leg!
Hmm. The woman kissing the guy has a mole on her cheek—just like Ginger. And the woman in the background seems to be having more of a “Mary Ann” moment to me. (I don’t think Mary Ann ever got any romantic action!)
I think I should’ve adjusted the hair color for the two women to make their identities clear!