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 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today’s comic is the product of artificial intelligence.
Oh, I know what you’re thinking: “John, your humor is always the result of intelligence that is somewhat suspect and artificial.”
True. But, for the first time, the art itself was created by a computer program. No human artist was involved. I just typed a few words into a program and after a lot of insanely lame images, I finally got this one. Then I wrote the dialogue and from there everything was pretty much normal.
Rest assured, the bread and butter of Last Kiss is always going to be old comic book images. But I do like the idea of having a new tool and new image possibilities.
By the way, sometimes creating A.I. art is easy. But it often doesn’t go the way you planned. (Why does that woman have an extra head? Are those blobs supposed to be fingers? Is that a gun in his pocket or…something else?)
As a teaser, below are a few other images that I’ve created while playing around with various A.I. engines. Warning: These are the raw images. If I use any of these, it’s likely that I’ll be fixing them up in Photoshop first:
Created using the Dall-E 2 AI engine.
Created using the MidJourney AI engine.
Created using the MidJourney AI engine.
Created using the Dream Studio AI engine.
Created using the Dream Studio AI engine.
Created using the MidJourney AI engine.
Transcript:
SCENE: We see a cat leaning over a chess board. He/She/It is talking to a dog who is off panel.
CAT: Checkmate again, Rover!
DOG: <Groan> So this must be why they say…“Dogs play checkers. Cats play chess.”
CAT (thinking): Plus…we cheat.
Art by A.I. Smartie Dogged Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Happy International Cat Day!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Artist unknown. From the story “Deception” in Romantic Marriage #4, 1950. Ziff-Davis. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
DEJECTED BLONDE WOMAN: At least my cats love me!
1950 Artist Unknown Restoration & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Real Cool Cat: John Lustig
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Romantic Marriage #4 (Ziff-Davis Publications) 1950
↓ TranscriptDEJECTED BLONDE WOMAN: At least my cats love me!
1950 Artist Unknown Restoration & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Real Cool Cat: John Lustig
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Romantic Marriage #4 (Ziff-Davis Publications) 1950
by John | Jun 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Cappello for the cover of Romantic Story #128, 1973. Sorry, no link this time. The original issue isn’t online.
Transcript:
SCENE: Young woman looking off-panel at something. One of her arms is extended in the same direction off panel–as if she’s being pulled by something.
TITLE: Dog Walking for Sexcess
CAPTION: Dress cute and sexy for the dog park.
Sneakers instead of high heels.
Your dogs are eager to sniff butts…
…and will drag you there.
You want well-heeled older gents…
…to be checking out your butt…
…not your bruised knees!
A girl must think about her future.
1973 Art: Art Cappello Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young woman looking off-panel at something. One of her arms is extended in the same direction off panel--as if she's being pulled by something.
TITLE: Dog Walking for Sexcess
CAPTION: Dress cute and sexy for the dog park.
Sneakers instead of high heels.
Your dogs are eager to sniff butts...
...and will drag you there.
You want well-heeled older gents...
...to be checking out your butt...
...not your bruised knees!
A girl must think about her future.
1973 Art: Art Cappello Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Dec 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Christmas is almost here. I wonder if it’s too late to start shopping.
Transcript:
SCENE: An exhausted, small dog wearing a reindeer headband is sleeping—or at least has their eyes closed.
CAPTION #1: Christmas is coming! I’m so excited!
CAPTION #2: But first…a nap!
CAPTION #3: Dog tired? It happens to the best of us!
Photo: Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: An exhausted, small dog wearing a reindeer headband is sleeping---or at least has their eyes closed.
CAPTION #1: Christmas is coming! I’m so excited!
CAPTION #2: But first…a nap!
CAPTION #3: Dog tired? It happens to the best of us!
Photo: Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash Dialogue: John Lustig
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