by John | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Original art from First Kiss #1, 1957. Click image to enlarge.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man talking to wife.
MAN / Dad: So everyone’s celebrating that I’ve had sex?
WOMAN: Yup! It’s a national holiday!
CAPTION: Happy Father’s Day!
Art: Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani Color: Allen Freeman
©2013 Last Kiss Inc.
1.6.5.3
by John | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m giving myself an early Father’s Day present. I’m taking the week off to recharge my batteries and work on some other projects.
So, today and the rest of the week, I’ll be running father-themed gags from my archive. I hope you enjoy them!
Original art from First Kiss #13, 1960. Click on image to enlarge.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young woman talking to a her pipe-smoking father.
DAUGHTER: Dad, I was wondering...where do babies come from?
FATHER: Beats me! I keep asking your mom...but she won’t tell me!
Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
©Last Kiss Inc. 2013
13.1.3.4
by John | Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
At best, love is a leap of faith off a cliff of uncertainty…into a whirlpool of passion. At worst, it’s a belly flop into heartbreak!
But this is Leap Day. So what the heck? Leap!
A Peek at the Original Romance Art…
The panel below is from a story about a prim, young woman who wants to be bad. So she dresses up like a slut and pretends to be faster than a race car on an oiled track. But then a boy (whom she met earlier on the boardwalk) calls her bluff and kisses her. Urk!
Instantly she’s back to her prim, confused and boy-less self! Or…is she?
↓ TranscriptWOMAN (talking to a man) I thought I was in love before...but it turns out I was just horny!
Inks by Dick Giordano
by John | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Happy Father’s Day!
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding a bald baby.
WOMAN: Sure, you’re the father! Look! Same hairline!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
by John | Nov 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m thankful almost beyond words to be home from the Portland Comic Book Show. (Great convention, but lousy weather the next day.)
It was a treacherous 11-hour drive to Seattle (normally takes three!) through a snow storm with 70 mph wind gusts and conditions that made driving two miles-per-hour seem like speeding.
I’m especially thankful to my sister and brother-in-law (Lisa and Richard Hernandez.) Rich drove the whole way (except for a scary 15 minutes–more about that another time.)
When it proved impossible to make it all the way to home to Shelagh in North Seattle, Lisa and Rich put me up for two days at their home on Mercer Island.
So–thankful? You bet.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman embracing in a kitchen.
WOMAN: Let’s give thanks now...
before your family shows up!
