by John | Feb 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
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Vintage, Published Art & Dialogue

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from “A Bouquet of Roses” in First Kiss #20, 1961.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman with ash mark on her forehead. Man in the background is taking off the jacket of his suit.
WOMAN: Sorry! I’m giving up sex for Lent!
MAN: B-But Lent doesn’t end…for weeks!
WOMAN: Really? Well, I’m not a fanatic! So maybe I won’t give up sex with everyone! Just you!
1961 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman with ash mark on her forehead. Man in the background is taking off the jacket of his suit.
WOMAN: Sorry! I’m giving up sex for Lent!
MAN: B-But Lent doesn’t end...for weeks!
WOMAN: Really? Well, I’m not a fanatic! So maybe I won’t give up sex with everyone! Just you!
1961 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Feb 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
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Transcript:
President Abe Lincoln: I’m finally in a comic? Really? And it’s…Last Kiss?!! So no superhero suit? No cape? What’ll I tell Mary? I promised her we’d play Caped Crusader and First Lady tonight!
Happy President’s Day!
↓ TranscriptPresident Abe Lincoln: I’m finally in a comic? Really? And it’s…Last Kiss?!! So no superhero suit? No cape? What’ll I tell Mary? I promised her we’d play Caped Crusader and First Lady tonight!
Happy President’s Day!
by John | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized

Art by Bill Ward from Torchy #4, May 1950.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman with finger to her lips.
CAPTION: This year I resolve to:
—lose 10 pounds…and only gain back 5 of them!
—be more optimistic…
even when life sucks!
—only have sex with people I know!
—and get married…
at least once!
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Text: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman with finger to her lips.
CAPTION: This year I resolve to:
—lose 10 pounds...and only gain back 5 of them!
—be more optimistic...
even when life sucks!
—only have sex with people I know!
—and get married…
at least once!
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Text: John Lustig
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by John | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year! (And good riddance to 2020.) I hope we all have much better years.
Many thanks to my frequent partner in holiday hilarity Mike Pascale for today’s gag—plus the art changes!

Art by Vince Colletta Studio. Appeared first in First Kiss #29, 1962.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman holding baby (with a 2021 sash) who is also a boy and is wearing a quiver of arrows.
WOMAN: What the bow and arrow for?
BABY: I wanna make sure old-man 2020 doesn’t come back!
CAPTION: *Baby’s First Weapon™ now sold in the Nursery Section of the Last Kiss Store!
962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Archery Art & Killer Humor: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding baby (with a 2021 sash) who is also a boy and is wearing a quiver of arrows.
WOMAN: What the bow and arrow for?
BABY: I wanna make sure old-man 2020 doesn't come back!
CAPTION: *Baby’s First Weapon™ now sold in the Nursery Section of the Last Kiss Store!
962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Archery Art & Killer Humor: Mike Pascale
29.1.1.2
by John | Dec 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
To give me more time to figure out which New Year’s resolutions I’m going to make and break, I’m re-running this Last Kiss comic from 2016.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Transcript:
SCENE: Blonde woman with champagne bottle. Balloons in background.
WOMAN: Why wait? Let’s break our New Year’s resolutions now!
Model: Miss Kitty Harlow Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc
Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptTranscript:
SCENE: Blonde woman with champagne bottle. Balloons in background.
WOMAN: Why wait? Let’s break our New Year’s resolutions now!
Model: Miss Kitty Harlow Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc
Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
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