by John | Oct 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mike Pascale used characters from two different panels when he created today’s comic. Check out the original panels below. And for those of you who aren’t familiar with Devil’s Night, it apparently started out as a sort of “mischief night” every Oct. 30, but then got out of hand—especially in Detroit.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952. Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952. Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and a woman are looking at a mansion that’s in the background. The home has been “egged” with a giant egg.
CAPTION: Devil’s Night, Oct. 30! Unlike Halloween, it’s all tricks! And no treats!
MAN: Your whole house got egged!
WOMAN: Those %$#@ Godzilla kids!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: D. Jourdan Pereira & Mike Pascale
Excitement, Edification & Eggification: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and a woman are looking at a mansion that's in the background. The home has been "egged" with a giant egg.
CAPTION: Devil’s Night, Oct. 30! Unlike Halloween, it’s all tricks! And no treats!
MAN: Your whole house got egged!
WOMAN: Those %$#@ Godzilla kids!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: D. Jourdan Pereira & Mike Pascale
Excitement, Edification & Eggification: Mike Pascale
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by John | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: Image of a cat wrapped up like a mummy.
CAT (thinks): Curses! Defeated by my 2-ply nemesis again!
CAPTION: Now in no theaters Near You!
CAPTION: Mummy Cat™ vs. The Toilet Paper Roll…from Heck!
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Image of a cat wrapped up like a mummy.
CAT (thinks): Curses! Defeated by my 2-ply nemesis again!
CAPTION: Now in no theaters Near You!
CAPTION: Mummy Cat™ vs. The Toilet Paper Roll...from Heck!
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by John | Oct 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Creation of an Image
You might think that creating images through artificial intelligence would be easy. And often it is. But, in many cases, you have to modify the image in Photoshop (or a similar software program) to get what you want.
Why? Because A.I. usually adds something unexpected and unwanted to the art. In the first image below the biggest surprise was that the woman’s breast was bare. So, I had to cover her up—plus remove some wilder bits of her hair. (Or is that a tentacle in the lower left of the image below?)
By the way, the woman’s nudity wasn’t something I requested in my image prompts. The MidJourney’s A.I. did that on its own—even though Midjourney has a policy against nude images. In fact, you can’t even use “sexy” as one of your MidJourney word prompts!
This was the image I started with when I created my “succubus.” Then I modified it—using elements from the images below.
Via Midjourney, I created many versions of this woman. MidJourney kept surprising me by making the woman naked—often with a malformed, bared breast. The elements of this image that I used for Last Kiss were the red eyes and the black streaks down her face.
Strange things sometimes show up in images created by A.I. Here we get some sort of spike in the woman’s eye. Why? I have no idea. But I did like the woman’s top and so I used that in the Last Kiss version. And that was the final element I needed for my image.
Transcript:
SCENE: We see a fierce woman with wild hair. She’s gorgeous—except that she he has blood-red eyes and a black substance leaking from her eyes.
SUCCUBUS: I’m a succubus! During sex, I feast on the life forces of my victims ’til they crumble…to dust! But… other than that…I’m a fun date!
Art: A.I. & J.L Dangerous Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: We see a fierce woman with wild hair. She's gorgeous---except that she he has blood-red eyes and a black substance leaking from her eyes.
SUCCUBUS: I’m a succubus! During sex, I feast on the life forces of my victims ’til they crumble...to dust! But... other than that...I’m a fun date!
Art: A.I. & J.L Dangerous Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
My thanks to Allen Freeman and model Felina Vie for the photo. (Yes, it’s a re-run, but seeing Felina again is always a good thing!) Lots of new Halloween gags on the way!
Transcript:
Woman (Felina Vie) holding a Jack-o-lantern and knife: I’m done practicing! Ready for your plastic surgery?
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
Model: Felina Vie Photo: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptWoman (Felina Vie) holding a Jack-o-lantern and knife: I’m done practicing! Ready for your plastic surgery?
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
Model: Felina Vie Photo: Allen Freeman
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by John | Jun 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Not sure what Juneteenth is or just want to learn more? One of the Smithsonian museum pages has an excellent, short piece. And for a longer, much more comprehensive overview, try this Wikipedia page.
Transcript:
SCENE: Our view is from what could be a cave or a home carved out of rock. A window opening has been carved out of the rock and is open to the outside. A bird is perched on the window sill and facing outward.
CAPTION:
“Juneteenth means so much to me.
“It represents the freedom that my ancestors fought so tirelessly for.
“But rather than focusing on the brutalization of my people then and now. I choose to focus
on hope.”
–-Mariah Cooley
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Our view is from what could be a cave or a rock house. A window opening has been carved out of the rock and is open to the outside. A bird is perched on the window sill and facing outward.
CAPTION:
“Juneteenth means so much to me.
“It represents the freedom that my ancestors fought so tirelessly for.
“But rather than focusing on the brutalization of my people then and now. I choose to focus
on hope.”
–-Mariah Cooley
Photo: Abhishek Koli
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