by John | Mar 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Artist unknown. From Bride’s Secrets #3, 1954.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman putting on some stockings while a cat sits nearby on a chair licking his/her paw.)
CAT (thinking): Her legs look fabulous in those stockings. Should I claw them now…or hold off ‘til she and her date are walking out the door?
1954 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman putting on some stockings while a cat sits nearby on a chair licking his/her paw.)
CAT (thinking): Her legs look fabulous in those stockings. Should I claw them now...or hold off ‘til she and her date are walking out the door?
1954 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Dec 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Have a safe (and lucky) Friday the 13th!
Transcript:
SCENE: A black cat is inside an orange bucket, looking out with some concern.
CAT (thinking): It’s Friday the 13th! No way I’m going anywhere without my lucky rabbit foot! Too bad I ate it.
Adapted from a photo by Marina Khrapova
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A black cat is inside an orange bucket, looking out with some concern.
CAT (thinking): It's Friday the 13th! No way I'm going anywhere without my lucky rabbit foot! Too bad I ate it.
Adapted from a photo by Marina Khrapova
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by John | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy Halloween!
Transcript:
CAT (with fluffy chest fur) thinks: You want scary? For Halloween, I’m dressing up…as a poodle!
Adapted from a photo by Madalyn Cox
↓ TranscriptCAT (with fluffy chest fur) thinks: You want scary? For Halloween, I’m dressing up…as a poodle!
Adapted from a photo by Madalyn Cox
by John | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
CAPTION: Death be not proud…or forever when you’re a superhero. But it sure sells comics! And here at Last Kiss, we’re anxious to give you readers what you so obviously desire: gratuitous death on an epic scale! Having a limited budget, though, we’ll have to use an old radio show trick and depend on you to supply the multi-million special effects…and most of the all-star, over-paid cast as well! Ready? Here goes!
PANEL #1: Lightning
SOUND: Zap
SOUND: Look out! It’s…
SOUND: Arrrggh!
SOUND: Yikes!
SOUND: Nooooo!
SOUND: Iiieeee!
PANEL 2: In a graveyard, a crying woman is comforted by a man. In the background, two men work with shovels to fill in a grave.
WOMAN: The entire Legion of Superfluous Heroes wiped out…in a bloody, depraved battle! Who’ll protect us from mindless carnage now?
MAN: Not the Comics Code! That’s for sure!!
CAPTION: Next: The Society of Stupid Pet Tricks gets neutered!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Right Panel Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptCAPTION: Death be not proud…or forever when you’re a superhero. But it sure sells comics! And here at Last Kiss, we’re anxious to give you readers what you so obviously desire: gratuitous death on an epic scale! Having a limited budget, though, we’ll have to use an old radio show trick and depend on you to supply the multi-million special effects…and most of the all-star, over-paid cast as well! Ready? Here goes!
PANEL #1: Lightning
SOUND: Zap
SOUND: Look out! It's...
SOUND: Arrrggh!
SOUND: Yikes!
SOUND: Nooooo!
SOUND: Iiieeee!
PANEL 2: In a graveyard, a crying woman is comforted by a man. In the background, two men work with shovels to fill in a grave.
WOMAN: The entire Legion of Superfluous Heroes wiped out...in a bloody, depraved battle! Who’ll protect us from mindless carnage now?
MAN: Not the Comics Code! That’s for sure!!
CAPTION: Next: The Society of Stupid Pet Tricks gets neutered!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Right Panel Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Oct 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia from the story “Take Me Back” in First Kiss #38, July 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man clutching a woman who doesn’t look happy with him.
MAN: I need love!
WOMAN: Buy a dog!
1964 Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man clutching a woman who doesn't look happy with him.
MAN: I need love!
WOMAN: Buy a dog!
1964 Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color: Allen Freeman
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