by John | Aug 31, 2023 | Blog
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Frank Frazetta from the story “Brothers of the Wilderness” in Durango Kid #4, April-May 1950. Published by Magazine Enterprises. The story begins on Page 28.
Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: In a forest setting, a woman in the background looks towards a long-haired man in a headband.
CAPTION: Newly-engaged Lucinda was having second thoughts.
CAPTION: Did she really want to marry a man...
CAPTION: ...who was prettier than she was?
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Aug 20, 2023 | Blog
More fun from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art attributed to Jill Elgin from All-New Comics #8, 1944. Published by Harvey. No link this time because All-New Comics #8 isn’t online.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A red-headed person in skirt (or dress) is trying to keep herself from falling by balancing precariously on a building crane.
CAPTION: Undercover reporter Jimmy is in mortal peril.
CAPTION: Again.
CAPTION: It must be Monday.
CAPTION: Their super-powered pal will rescue them.
CAPTION: And maybe this time, Kal will admit that...
CAPTION: ...Jimmy has much better legs than Lois.
1944 Art: Jill Elgin Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | May 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
More fun from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Nina Albright from the story “I Cheated at Love” from Thrilling Romances #20, July 1952.
Curious to see more? Click this link to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 26.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A crying woman walks away from a man. She's wearing a hat with an enormously long feather in it.
CAPTION: By the terms of Auntie Orchid’s will, Claire had to wear “The Hat” at least once a week...
WOMAN (thinking): Men! They just can’t take their eyes off my big feather...or my big inheritance. Will I ever find a guy who loves me...for my big knockers?!
1952 Art: Nina Albright New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Mar 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Don’t be barely impressive. Be impressively bare!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta from the story “The Girl Next Door” in First Kiss #3, May 1958. Charlton Comics.
Curious to see more? Click this link to read the entire vintage comic book for free. This panel is from Page 9 of ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 8.
↓ TranscriptWOMAN (to man): I dress for success! But when I really want to impress…I undress!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Foreground Color: Allen Freeman
Fashion Faux Pas: John Lustig
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by John | Jan 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Color Version:
I experimented with colorizing the black & white original of this photo, but I wasn’t completely happy with it. The original B&W version (with an added tint) gave the image more of an old-time, vintage look–that seemed to work better with the innocent nature of the woman’s question.
(Plus I thought a photo with flesh-colored side boobage might be a little too daring for my GoComics.com/lastkiss site.)
So I went with the b&w version.. But here’s the colorized image just to show how it would’ve looked.
My attempt to do a “quick” colorization–that turned out to be not so quick–of a candid photo of silent film actress Bessie Love, mid-1920s.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Tinted, black & white 1920s photo of a young woman in overalls.
CAPTION: Delia thought she knew all about the latest trends in high fashion, but...
DELIA: Underwear? What's that?
Silent film actress Bessie Love in the mid-1920s
Fancy Pants Writer: John Lustig
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