by John | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: Actors Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver are sitting in an amusement park ride car having just exited from The Tunnel of Love ride. Buster looks like he’s been beat up. He has a black eye and his hat is demolished. Phyllis ls fine and looks straight ahead.
BUSTER: I thought
the Tunnel of Love would be… more fun!
PHYLLIS: It’s your own fault! Next time don’t play so hard to get!
Image: Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver in the 1923 film The Balloonatic
New Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Actors Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver are sitting in an amusement park ride car having just exited from The Tunnel of Love ride. Buster looks like he's been beat up. He has a black eye and his hat is demolished. Phyllis ls fine and looks straight ahead.
BUSTER: I thought
the Tunnel of Love would be... more fun!
PHYLLIS: It’s your own fault! Next time don’t play so hard to get!
Image: Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver in the 1923 film The Balloonatic
New Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m dedicating this one to Bob Cumbow—my good friend, my great lawyer and my Alfred Hitchcock guru extraordinaire!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
Scene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.
CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!
CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed…
CAPTION: …ready to dump on his head.
CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.
1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptScene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.
CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!
CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed...
CAPTION: ...ready to dump on his head.
CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.
1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
More fun from guest writer (& fun-loving summer camp counselor with a secret) Tony Isabella.
Printed Version of Original, Vintage Art & Dialog:
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE Woman and man in a car. The man is driving.
CAPTION: Why you should watch horror movies
WOMAN: Oh, Bob, darling, I’m so excited about our summer jobs. Just imagine…we’ll be senior counselors at secluded…Camp Erie Background Music!™
MAN: it’ll be great, Betsy! Hip young newlyweds and a bunch of horny teens with cliché personality flaws…
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE Woman and man in a car. The man is driving.
CAPTION: Why you should watch horror movies
WOMAN: Oh, Bob, darling, I’m so excited about our summer jobs. Just imagine...we’ll be senior counselors at secluded...Camp Erie Background Music!™
MAN: it’ll be great, Betsy! Hip young newlyweds and a bunch of horny teens with cliché personality flaws...
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | May 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
1961 artist unknown. From the story “Suddenly…It’s Love” in FIRST KISS #19.
Transcript:
WOMAN (who looks upset and is holding her head as if she has a headache) is a passenger in a car driven by a man.
WOMAN: Did you ever spend 10 nights in a Turkish Bath looking for a man? Well, don’t!*
CAPTION: *Quote from the movie T-MEN, 1947
1961 Artist Unknown Color: Dan McConnell
Quote Suggested by Charles Pelto
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN (who looks upset and is holding her head as if she has a headache) is a passenger in a car driven by a man.
WOMAN: Did you ever spend 10 nights in a Turkish Bath looking for a man? Well, don't!*
CAPTION: *Quote from the movie T-MEN, 1947
1961 Artist Unknown Color: Dan McConnell
Quote Suggested by Charles Pelto
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by John | Dec 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
And, yes, I’m looking forward to seeing the new Star Wars film ROGUE ONE!
Below is today’s comic without those silly word balloons in the way:
Click image to enlarge. Model Caitlin Litzinger ©2016 Allen Freeman
Transcript:
Woman dressed up as a skimp-clad Darth Vader wearing a blue Santa cap and holding a Christmas stocking with Yoda inside. In the background is a starry outer space.
WOMAN: I am the Ghost of…Christmas Blockbusters Past!
YODA: May the Sales Force be with you!
Model: Caitlin Litzinger Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptWoman dressed up as a skimp-clad Darth Vader wearing a blue Santa cap and holding a Christmas stocking with Yoda inside. In the background is a starry outer space.
WOMAN: I am the Ghost of...Christmas Blockbusters Past!
YODA: May the Sales Force be with you!
Model: Caitlin Litzinger Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
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