Art by John Tartaglione from the story “To Stella With Love” from FIRST KISS #3, 1958.
WOMAN: B-B-But…credit cards are my friends! Why would they want to hurt me?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Allen Freeman
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Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Gay Deception” in FIRST KISS #8, 1959.
Transcript:
MAN (to woman as he looks down on her. He’s holding her chin in his hand. She looks up at him.): I want true love! A soul mate! Someone just like you…only richer!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
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Meanwhile, back in 1958…
See the original 1958 art and dialogue for today’s Last Kiss webcomic here.
Below is the original 1960s romance comic art—which asks the eternal question: Do you have enough fun in your life?
No? Then maybe you should become a party girl…like Sherry!
People really seem to enjoy seeing the original art for my Last Kiss gags. I was a bit surprised by one response, though. Recently a reader asked about seeing the art as it was actually printed in the Charlton Comics decades ago.
Hmm. Why not? Here’s a scan I did tonight from the original 1959 issue of First Kiss #9.
As you can see, I removed the woman (Ginny’s mom) in the background to focus in on Ginny in the foreground. I do occasionally crop things out. Deleting a person is somewhat rarer!
