by John | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Be cool like Tony Isabella (and me.) Get vaccinated!
Art by Dick Giordano for the cover of Teen Confessions #26, Dec. 1963. Charlton Comics.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man and woman in foreground touching tenderly and appear about to embrace. Woman in background looks on in distress.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND (thinking): *sob* I love Bradley with all my heart! But I can’t compete against Carmen! Not only
is she fully vaccinated…She has stars in her ears!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman in foreground touching tenderly and appear about to embrace. Woman in background looks on in distress.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND (thinking): *sob* I love Bradley with all my heart! But I can’t compete against Carmen! Not only
is she fully vaccinated...She has stars in her ears!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dialogue and dessert served by guest writer Tony Isabella.
Art by Dick Giordano from Secrets of Young Brides #43, July 1964.
by John | Aug 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hot, brilliant humor for cool, smart readers (and room-temperature dummies) courtesy of Tony Isabella.
Art by the Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Teach Me, My Love” in FIRST KISS #29, 1962.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman talking to her personal mannequin (Molly Mannequin.) In panels on each side of the main panel we see store mannequins.
WOMAN: Oh, my dear Molly Mannequin. Sheltering at home with you has been wonderful. Tonight, let’s read another chapter of Fifty Shades of Off-Color. I hope *giggle* you don’t blush easily.
Molly Mannequin (thinking): Where’s a woodchipper when you need one? I miss my friends at Macy’s.
1962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer & Dummy Dialogue Coach: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman talking to her personal mannequin (Molly Mannequin.) In panels on each side of the main panel we see store mannequins.
WOMAN: Oh, my dear Molly Mannequin. Sheltering at home with you has been wonderful. Tonight, let’s read another chapter of Fifty Shades of Off-Color. I hope *giggle* you don’t blush easily.
Molly Mannequin (thinking): Where’s a woodchipper when you need one? I miss my friends at Macy’s.
1962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer & Dummy Dialogue Coach: Tony Isabella
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by John | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Printed Version of Original, Vintage Art & Dialog:
Art by Harry Lazarus from the story “Fate Is a Many-Armed Buddha!” in Adventures into the Unknown #66, Sept. 1955.
Transcript:
CAPTION: As billionaires go, Mannly Rich and his brother Vastly Rich aren’t complicated. They believe in simple solutions
…no matter how complex the problems! Of course, no problem is more complex than Covid 19! So…
SCENE, PANEL 1: Two men in suits (one wearing a yacht captain’s hat) are standing by a cannon.
Face masks? Social distancing? it’s absurd! I say we fight this virus the good, ol’ American way! We ignore it!
SCENE, PANEL 2: Man in yacht captain’s hat smiles as the cannon fires.
Right! And when that doesn’t work…We blow it to kingdom come!
CANNON FIRES: Boom!
CAPTION: Problem solved!
1955 Art: Harry Lazarus Art Cleanup & New Dialogue: John Lustig
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: As billionaires go, Mannly Rich and his brother Vastly Rich aren’t complicated. They believe in simple solutions
...no matter how complex the problems! Of course, no problem is more complex than Covid 19! So...
SCENE, PANEL 1: Two men in suits (one wearing a yacht captain's hat) are standing by a cannon.
Face masks? Social distancing? it’s absurd! I say we fight this virus the good, ol’ American way! We ignore it!
SCENE, PANEL 2: Man in yacht captain's hat smiles as the cannon fires.
Right! And when that doesn’t work...We blow it to kingdom come!
CANNON FIRES: Boom!
CAPTION: Problem solved!
1955 Art: Harry Lazarus Art Cleanup & New Dialogue: John Lustig
by John | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Today’s comic was written by Black Lightning creator Tony Isabella.
Art by Dick Giordano from Sweethearts #77, June 1964. (Scanned from the publisher’s black & white stat—made in preparation for the printed color cover.)
Transcript:
CRYING WOMAN (thinking): It’s been an hour *sob* since Jeremiah went to the grocery store…and he hasn’t texted to say he’s okay!
CAPTION: Just as wives have ever done in times of war…Makayla waited and prayed…for her husband to return.
1964 Art: Dick Giordano Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptCRYING WOMAN (thinking): It's been an hour *sob* since Jeremiah went to the grocery store...and he hasn’t texted to say he’s okay!
CAPTION: Just as wives have ever done in times of war...Makayla waited and prayed...for her husband to return.
1964 Art: Dick Giordano Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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