by John | Sep 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Text by famed accountant of love Tony Isabella!

Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in New Romances #14, Dec. 1952. Scanned from the original black and white art.
(My thanks to Mary Alice Wilson of https://darkstarbookstore.com for loaning me the art.)
Transcript:
CAPTION: Her mocking co-workers couldn’t understand what Gloria saw in fussy accountant Hiram. They didn’t know……he was just as detail-oriented in bed!
SCENE: Woman in foreground. A man looking at a sheet of paper in the background.
CAPTION: Her mocking co-workers couldn’t understand what Gloria saw in fussy accountant Hiram. They didn’t know…he was just as detail-oriented in bed!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptCAPTION: Her mocking co-workers couldn’t understand what Gloria saw in fussy accountant Hiram. They didn’t know......he was just as detail-oriented in bed!
SCENE: Woman in foreground. A man looking at a sheet of paper in the background.
CAPTION: Her mocking co-workers couldn’t understand what Gloria saw in fussy accountant Hiram. They didn’t know...he was just as detail-oriented in bed!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
DJP.lk600 KissAndRun7.6
by John | Aug 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Printed Version of Original, Vintage Art & Dialog:

Art by Dick Giordano from Love Diary #25, Jan. 1963.
Transcript:
SCENE: In the foreground a man tries to woo a woman. But the woman is looking past him at a man waving in the background.
MAN IN FOREGROUND: I dig chicks with tattoos! They know what they want!
WOMAN (thinking): Yes, I do!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: In the foreground a man tries to woo a woman. But the woman is looking past him at a man waving in the background.
MAN IN FOREGROUND: I dig chicks with tattoos! They know what they want!
WOMAN (thinking): Yes, I do!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jul 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
My thanks to guest writer Tony Isabella for the great gag…and never showing me any of his tattoos. (If he has any.)

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “I Chose Heartbreak” in FIRST KISS #37, 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman with a tattoo of a black teardrop below one eye is standing outside in the rain.
WOMAN: I thought Blaine would be turned on by my stylish teardrop tattoos. But, instead…he seems terrified of me!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer & Prison Tattoo Artist: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman with a tattoo of a black teardrop below one eye is standing outside in the rain.
WOMAN: I thought Blaine would be turned on by my stylish teardrop tattoos. But, instead...he seems terrified of me!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer & Prison Tattoo Artist: Tony Isabella
DJP.lk388 FK37.1.1.2Color-Corrected
by John | Jul 26, 2020 | Uncategorized

Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in New Romances #14, 1952.
↓ TranscriptWOMAN: You make me want to puke!
MAN: Women tell me that a lot! But when I kiss ‘em...very few actually barf!
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1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
by John | Jul 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Normally, I’d be in San Diego this week for Comic-Con International. But because of Covid-19, the con is strictly digital and therefore open to everyone. Check it out!
Comic-Con Digital Panels July 22-26.

I’m doing my own little celebration of comics this week. We start out today with some jungle comics fun. More genres to follow during the week!

Art by Jack Kamen? from Jo-Jo Congo King #28, June 1949.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman in a skimpy jungle costume is tied by her wrists to a tree or stake as a two men struggle in the background. One of the man resembles Tarzan and the other appears to be an overweight hunter.
WOMAN: Hey! stop horsing around, guys! I’m over here! And look! I’m practically naked!
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman in a skimpy jungle costume is tied by her wrists to a tree or stake as a two men struggle in the background. One of the man resembles Tarzan and the other appears to be an overweight hunter.
WOMAN: Hey! stop horsing around, guys! I’m over here! And look! I’m practically naked!
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1946 Artist: Possibly Jack Kamen (from Jo-Jo Comics #28) Restoration & New Dialogue: John Lustig