by John | Jul 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “My Confidence Man” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and woman are embracing lightly. She looks at him with concern. His head is down and his eyes are closed. He appears depressed or sad.
WOMAN: I suppose your wife doesn’t understand you!
MAN: No! She does! That’s the problem!
WOMAN: You poor man!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Problems & Pranks: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman are embracing lightly. She looks at him with concern. His head is down and his eyes are closed. He appears depressed or sad.
WOMAN: I suppose your wife doesn’t understand you!
MAN: No! She does! That’s the problem!
WOMAN: You poor man!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Problems & Pranks: John Lustig
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by John | May 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Cappello for Romantic Story #119, June 1972. (No link this time. The original comic isn’t online.)
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman with multi-colored hair is crying.
CAPTION: Gardenia truly hated her new look.
CAPTION: Her boyfriend was crazy about it.
CAPTION: And she loved her special guy so much…
CAPTION: …that she would willingly dye for him.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman with multi-colored hair is crying.
CAPTION: Gardenia truly hated her new look.
CAPTION: Her boyfriend was crazy about it.
CAPTION: And she loved her special guy so much...
CAPTION: ...that she would willingly dye for him.
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Romantic Story 119
by John | May 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Artist unknown. From the story “Nightmare Journey” in Diary Loves #9, April 1951. Published by Quality Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and woman are having a tense confrontation. He’s holding her arms as if to keep her from fleeing—or striking him.
MAN: But…We can’t have makeup sex! We just met!
WOMAN: You’re wrong! But I’m ready to forgive you! So…
1951 Artist Unknown Re-creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira Foregivable Me: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman are having a tense confrontation. He's holding her arms as if to keep her from fleeing---or striking him.
MAN: But...We can’t have makeup sex! We just met!
WOMAN: You’re wrong! But I’m ready to forgive you! So...
1951 Artist Unknown Re-creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira Foregivable Me: John Lustig
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by John | May 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art unattributed but probably by Vince Colletta. From the story “You Can Never Tell” in First Kiss #10, Sept. 1959. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and woman are talking in front of a body of water. (I think it’s a lake, but what the heck do I know?)
MAN: Don’t blame me! Blame all the women I’m sleeping with!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Innocent Until Proven Guilty: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman are talking in front of a body of water. (I think it's a lake, but what the heck do I know?)
MAN: Don’t blame me! Blame all the women I’m sleeping with!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Innocent Until Proven Guilty: John Lustig
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by John | Apr 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
More Last Kiss fun from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta from the story “A One-Sided Love” in Romantic Story #45, Sept. 1959. Charlton Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Beautiful woman in the foreground. A handsome man in a tux is in the background.
CAPTION: She hated hurting Bartholomew that way…
CAPTION: …but she had to break up with him.
CAPTION: The frequent hickeys on her neck were tolerable…
CAPTION: …but those bowtie burns made her skin crawl.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Beautiful woman in the foreground. A handsome man in a tux is in the background.
CAPTION: She hated hurting Bartholomew that way...
CAPTION: ...but she had to break up with him.
CAPTION: The frequent hickeys on her neck were tolerable...
CAPTION: ...but those bowtie burns made her skin crawl.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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