by John | Jul 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy Fourth!
Art by Alex Kotzky from Uncle Sam Quarterly #8, 1943.
Transcript:
SCENE: A young boy is riding on Uncle Sam’s shoulders as Uncle Sam runs across a field with fireworks exploding in the background.
UNCLE SAM & BOY: Happy Independence Day!
1943 Character Art by Alex Kotzky from Uncle Sam Quarterly #8. Background: Composite from photos by Sam Mathews & Nitish Meena
Art by Alex Kotzky from Uncle Sam Quarterly #8, 1943.
Art Code: UncleSam8_0
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young boy is riding on Uncle Sam's shoulders as Uncle Sam runs across a field with fireworks exploding in the background.
UNCLE SAM & BOY: Happy Independence Day!
1943 Character Art by Alex Kotzky from Uncle Sam Quarterly #8. Background: Composite from photos by Sam Mathews & Nitish Meena
Art by Alex Kotzky from Uncle Sam Quarterly #8, 1943.
Art Code: UncleSam8_0
by John | Jul 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy Independence Day from me and my pal (and frequent Last Kiss collaborator) Mike Pascale*. There will be a bonus Fourth of July comic tomorrow!
(Check out the Kickstarter for Mike Pascale Seahawk football cartoon book “Game Buzz.”
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “From Out of the Past” in FIRST KISS #15, 1960.
Transcript:
SCENE: Smiling woman talking to Uncle Sam as fireworks explode in the sky in the background.
WOMAN: You’re 243 years old! What’s your secret?
MAN: Clean living! Free health care!* Plus…I’m a cartoon character!
CAPTION: *Sam qualified for Medicare 178 years ago!
1960 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Patriotic Passion, Apparel & SPX: Mike Pascale
Art Code: 15.1.8.1
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “From Out of the Past” in FIRST KISS #15, 1960.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Smiling woman talking to Uncle Sam as fireworks explode in the sky in the background.
WOMAN: You’re 243 years old! What's your secret?
MAN: Clean living! Free health care!* Plus...I'm a cartoon character!
CAPTION: *Sam qualified for Medicare 178 years ago!
1960 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Patriotic Passion, Apparel & SPX: Mike Pascale
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story "From Out of the Past" in FIRST KISS #15, 1960.
by John | Jun 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m making a temporary tweak to my usual Monday-Wednesday-Friday comics schedule. There won’t be a Monday comic so that I can actually run this Father’s Day gag on…Father’s Day.
Yes, I know it’s shocking concept. But I thought I’d give it a try.
Happy Father’s Day to me—and all the other dads out there!
Art by Dick Giordano from Romantic Story #70, Jan. 1964.
The cover teaser caption in the upper-left hand corner is impossible to read here, but it says: The date for my marriage to Chet Dillman was set! I loved Chet and wanted to be his wife, but…I was determined to have one last fling!
Transcript:
Scene: Man and woman dancing joyously.
MAN: You’re pregnant?
WOMAN: Yup! Happy Father’s Day!
1964 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Art by Dick Giordano from Romantic Story #70, Jan. 1964.
↓ TranscriptScene: Man and woman dancing joyously.
MAN: You’re pregnant?
WOMAN: Yup! Happy Father's Day!
1964 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Art by Dick Giordano from Romantic Story #70, Jan. 1964.
by John | Jun 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Jack Keller from the story “World Champion” in Teenage Hotrodders #7, May 1964. (Published in color, but scanned here from the black & white photostats.)
Transcript:
SCENE: Three men drinking booze, celebrating, smiling and laughing.
MAN #1: Who says being a parent is hard? Not us!
MAN: #2: Getting our wives pregnant was was easy! Happy Father’s Day to us!
CAPTION: First and last meeting of the Expectant Father’s Carefree Fun Club
1964 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Art by Jack Keller from the story “World Champion” in Teenage Hotrodders #7, May 1964. (Published in color, but scanned here from the black & white photostats.)
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Three men drinking booze, celebrating, smiling and laughing.
MAN #1: Who says being a parent is hard? Not us!
MAN: #2: Getting our wives pregnant was was easy! Happy Father’s Day to us!
CAPTION: First and last meeting of the Expectant Father’s Carefree Fun Club
1964 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Art by Jack Keller from the story "World Champion" in Teenage Hotrodders #7, May 1964. (Published in color, but scanned here from the black & white photostats.)
by John | May 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
I like writing holiday-themed humor. But none is harder than Memorial Day.
So, I was happy when I found this old comic book cover art. Even in 1943, it was a sweetly naive, childish view of war. But sometimes reality is a little too real to bear.
Happy Memorial Day!
Art by Al Plastino from 4Most Vol. 2, #4, Fall 1943.
Transcript:
Two boys firing a sling shot and throwing a stone at pumpkins made up to look like Adolph Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Emperor Michinomiya Hirohito.
Caption: If only it was this easy! Memorial Day
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Art by Al Plastino from 4Most Vol. 2, #4, Fall 1943.
↓ TranscriptCaption: If only it was this easy! Memorial Day
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Art by Al Plastino from 4Most Vol. 2, #4, Fall 1943.
