by John | Dec 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
I literally laughed out loud when I read Tony Isabella‘s gag for this art. For those of us who know romance comics, it’s outright hilarious!
Sobbing, broken-hearted females graced the covers of a staggering number of romance comics. Love didn’t make these women happy. It made them miserable—before their inevitable happy endings, of course.
Crying damsels in obvious distress didn’t appear on the covers of every romance comic. But they showed up so frequently that it must’ve been a challenge for the artists. How could they top the misery level of previous covers? How many tears were enough? Or too much?
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “To Stella with Love” in FIRST KISS #3, 1958. Click link to read the vintage comic book where this art first appeared.
by John | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
A new tale of comic lust from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Cappello from Secret Romance #21, Oct. 1972. Charlton Comics. (No link this time. I can’t find a copy of the comic online.)
Transcript:
SCENE: A man dressed as Green Arrow (or Robin Hood) and a woman dressed up as Black Canary are kissing.
GREEN ARROW: Oh, Bleak Canary, why is your kiss so cold?
BLACK CANARY: Oh, Lean Arrow, it’s because your shaft…always reaches its target…before I do!
1972 Art: Art Cappello Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man dressed as Green Arrow (or Robin Hood) and a woman dressed up as Black Canary are kissing.
GREEN ARROW: Oh, Bleak Canary, why is your kiss so cold?
BLACK CANARY: Oh, Lean Arrow, it’s because your shaft...always reaches its target...before I do!
1972 Art: Art Cappello Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Oct 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Diego and Icha on their wedding day.
Last Kiss Artist Marries
I’m thrilled to announce that artist Diego Jourdan Pereira has lost his bachelor status and gotten hitched! He and his sweetie Maritza “Icha” Mardones Castillo were wed last Friday (Oct. 1) in Santiago, Chile where they both live.
The couple met in 2008 at a friend’s birthday party and eventually dated. But that first brush with romance didn’t stick. Years later they re-united and fell in love.
(By then Diego was re-inking and coloring romance art for Last Kiss. And I like to think that all that romance work had something to do with Diego and Icha finding true love.)
In addition to his Last Kiss work, Diego has worked on numerous other comics, coloring books and licensing projects for major publishers such as DC Comics. In the last few years, Diego has also become the author of numerous trivia and puzzle books.
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. Click link to read this entire vintage comic book for free.
Transcript:
SCENE: A groom and bride are close–possibly about to kiss.
GROOM: Just think! We can spend our entire honeymoon in bed…reading comics.
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue & Lettering: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A groom and bride are close--possibly about to kiss.
GROOM: Just think! We can spend our entire honeymoon in bed...reading comics.
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue & Lettering: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Transcript:
WOMAN: AT LAST! I’m appearing in my favorite comic of all time…Last Kiss? %$#@! I thought this was Mary Worth!
1962 Artist: Matt Baker? New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: AT LAST! I’m
WOMAN: AT LAST! I’m appearing in my favorite comic of all time...Last Kiss? %$#@! I thought this was Mary Worth!
1962 Artist: Matt Baker? New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Another titanic tale of torrid fun from my comic collaborators and pals Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Celardo from the story “Stand-In for Love” in Intimate Love #24, Sept. 1953.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man driving a black, convertible at night. There’s a beautiful woman beside him.
WOMAN: if you don’t stop singing na na na na
na na…I’ll jump out of this car! What do you say to that?
MAN (speaking via a bat-shaped word balloon): Activate
Bat-Passenger-Seat- Restraint!
1953 Art: John Celardo New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Lettering: John Lustig
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man driving a black, convertible at night. There's a beautiful woman beside him.
WOMAN: if you don’t stop singing na na na na
na na...I’ll jump out of this car! What do you say to that?
MAN (speaking via a bat-shaped word balloon): Activate
Bat-Passenger-Seat- Restraint!
1953 Art: John Celardo New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Lettering: John Lustig
Writer: Tony Isabella
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