by John | Jan 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
My sister (Lisa Hernandez) has been a major help with my Last Kiss business. She has more business acumen—and more commonsense—than silly, impractical me. And she often helps me out at comic conventions.
But it never occurred to me that my sweet sis would want to write a Last Kiss comic. And it seemed even less likely that my cat-loving, zombie-hating sister would ever make a joke about a mangled feline. But…geez, what do I know?
Hey, Lisa. Got any vampire cat gags?
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(Many thanks to Mike Pascale and Diego Jourdan Pereira for the revised art!)
1954 artist unknown. From the story “Chip on Her Shoulder” in TEN STORY LOVE #196.
Transcript:
SCENE: Very mangled (half-zombie?) cat says something to a woman who’s standing nearby.
CAT: oops! I thought that was life #8!
CAPTION: Be careful! It’s Friday the 13th!
Art: Diego Jourdan Pereira & Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Lisa Lustig Hernandez
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Very mangled (half-zombie?) cat says something to a woman who's standing nearby.
CAT: oops! I thought that was life #8!
CAPTION: Be careful! It’s Friday the 13th!
Art: Diego Jourdan Pereira & Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Lisa Lustig Hernandez
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by John | Nov 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Don’t be a brainless zombie. Vote!!!
Courtesy of Mike Pascale and me.
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “To Stella with Love” in FIRST KISS #3, 1958.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman looking back over her shoulder at a moaning zombie guy.
ZOMBIE: BRAAAINS??
WOMAN: Sorry, I’m using mine to vote!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Non-Zombie Color: Allen Freeman
Zombification & Dead-On Dialogue: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman looking back over her shoulder at a moaning zombie guy.
ZOMBIE: BRAAAINS??
WOMAN: Sorry, I’m using mine to vote!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Non-Zombie Color: Allen Freeman
Zombification & Dead-On Dialogue: Mike Pascale
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by John | Oct 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is—by far—the most widely seen Last Kiss comic of all time. It appeared on an episode of
The Big Bang Theory. Many thanks to
Mike Pascale for the goofy gag—and the gore.
Cover of FIRST KISS #2 by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia, 1957.
Transcript:
SCENE: Zombie and blonde woman are in the woods. He’s bitten into the top of her head to eat her brains, but she doesn’t notice.
WOMAN (thinking): I know he has his flaws…but I’ve forgotten them for some reasons!
ZOMBIE: Mmmm…braaains!
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia
Nonzombie Color: Allen Freeman Zombification: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Zombie and blonde woman are in the woods. He's bitten into the top of her head to eat her brains, but she doesn't notice.
WOMAN (thinking): I know he has his flaws...but I've forgotten them for some reasons!
ZOMBIE: Mmmm...braaains!
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia
Nonzombie Color: Allen Freeman Zombification: Mike Pascale
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by John | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
It wouldn’t be Halloween without a Last Kiss collaboration with my pal Mike Pascale. This one and the one tomorrow are re-runs of two of the best zombie comics we’ve done together. But there’s a new zombie gag coming from Mike in a little over a week—just before the election!
The first page of the first issue of the FIRST KISS comic book—drawn in 1957 by my hero Dick Giordano.
Transcript:
SCENE: A zombie girl prepares to kiss (or maybe eat) a young man.
MAN (thinking): She’ll eat my brains…but first I’ll get to Second Base!
1957 art by Dick Giordano in FIRST KISS #1.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A zombie girl prepares to kiss (or maybe eat) a young man.
MAN (thinking): She'll eat my brains...but first I'll get to Second Base!
1957 art by Dick Giordano in FIRST KISS #1.
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by John | Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
More monster fun courtesy of my pal Mike Pascale. Happy Halloween!
Art by Rafael Astarita in the story “The Miller’s Story” For A Night of Love #1, 1951.
Transcript:
SCENE: Zombie sucking blood from the shoulder of a beautiful woman.
WOMAN: Sorry, I don’t neck on the first date!
VAMPIRE: Well, that sucks!
1951 Art: Rafael Astarita Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Vampirization & Special Effects: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Zombie sucking blood from the shoulder of a beautiful woman.
WOMAN: Sorry, I don’t neck on the first date!
VAMPIRE: Well, that sucks!
1951 Art: Rafael Astarita Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Vampirization & Special Effects: Mike Pascale
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