by John | Mar 30, 2024 | Blog
Happy Easter from me and my frequent partner in Last Kiss hilarity Mike Pascale. Today’s Last Kiss is a composite image put together by Mike Pascale from two different comic books. So we have two sets of vintage art this time. See below.
Original Vintage Art & Text
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Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia from the story “One Too Many Heartbreaks” in First Kiss #39, 1964.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A sick man in a leather jacket and jeans is sitting on the ground--holding an empty Easter basket. Remnants of Peeps candy are on his mouth. A disapproving woman looks on from the foreground.
MAN (moaning): URRRP!
WOMAN: Feeling sick? Serves you right for eating all your marshmallow chicks!
MAN: <Groan> Not just my chicks!
WOMAN: <gasp> You ate mine too?!!
CAPTION: Afraid to answer...he didn’t make a peep!
1960s Art: Jack Keller & Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Added Color & New Layout: Mike Pascale
Sugared-Out Writers: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog
This was just a silly idea I couldn’t resist. So I whipped up the image–combining some Last Kiss art with some clipart for the bunny as well as the background.
No, IHOP didn’t pay me (not even in pancakes) to do this. And Bunnies for Happiness isn’t a real thing. (But it should be.)
More Easter silliness this Sunday with a new Last Kiss!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Penciller unknown. Inker Sal Gentile. From the cover of Romantic Story #118, April 1972. (No link to the vintage comic book this time because the comic isn’t available online.)
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman smiling at a bunny (the Easter Bunny) as he happily hops in a forested field.
WOMAN: After you deliver Easter eggs where do you go to celebrate?
EASTER BUNNY: IHOP!®
1972 Inker of Woman: Sal Gentile New Inks & Color for Woman: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Bunny Art & Color: Moko Background by Curved Design
Suddenly Hungry for Pancakes: John Lustig
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by John | Mar 26, 2024 | Blog
Happy Easter snuggles from me, photographer Allen Freeman and frequent Last Kiss model Felina Vie!
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman in a bunny suit in a field.
BUNNY: Dyeing for something sweet? No need to egg me on! Hop on over!
Model: Felina Vie Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2017 Last Kiss Inc
Photo @2017 Allen Freeman
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by John | Mar 24, 2024 | Blog
Here’s the first of four Easter comics that I’ll be posting this week. This one written with my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Ken Rice from the story “Too Smart for Love” in Ten-Story Love #204, Sept. 1955. Ace Magazines. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: The Easter Bunny is tired of sounding like an uncouth cottontail...and a boorish backwoods dumb bunny!
(Cruel people have even called him “hare-brained!”)
So he’s taking elocution lessons from that paragon of precise pronunciation: Eliza Do Little!
SCENE: The Easter Bunny is talking to a woman sitting at a desk.
EASTER BUNNY (singing): Randy rabbits rapidly race to rescue...rascal raccoons in Rio...from ransacking roadrunner robbers!
WOMAN: Good! Now sing it three times...backwards...while hopping...with your basket full of eggs!
1955 Art (of woman): Ken Rice Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Eggcelent Writers: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Apr 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Happy Easter from my frequent partner in comic book mirth Mike Pascale and me!
I should point out that the credits don’t tell the whole story here. Allen Freeman did color the woman in this image. But Mike Pascale colored everything else and significantly modified the art from its original romance comic look.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Gay Deception” in First Kiss #8, 1959. Published by Charlton.
Curious to see more? Click this link to read the entire vintage comic book for free. This panel is from Page 12 of ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 3.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A large, humanoid Easter Bunny has his back turned to us and is facing his wife (Mrs. Bunny.) In the background on shelves are a large number of Easter baskets. In each basket there's one Easter egg and one dollar.
MRS. BUNNY: See? our investments are safe! I made sure we don’t have all our eggs in one basket!
EASTER BUNNY (thinking): <Groan> This is what I get for marrying a beach bunny!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Eggcellent Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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