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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by John | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by John Celardo from the story “I’m Always Yours” from Best Romance #5, Feb. 1952. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
WOMAN: I just want you to be more faithful…is that so hard?
1952 Art: John Celardo Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Old, Old Faithful: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: I just want you to be more faithful...is that so hard?
1952 Art: John Celardo Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Old, Old Faithful: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorized

Art by Dick Giordano from the story “Last Paradise” from Intimate #3, 1958.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman pushes away in alarm from a man.
MAN: Of course I didn’t max out all the credit cards! I saved one for our old age!
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman pushes away in alarm from a man.
MAN: Of course I didn’t max out all the credit cards! I saved one for our old age!
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by John | Aug 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve ordered a 10-pound box of dark chocolates (with whiskey centers) for you, my sweet!

Art attributed to John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
Transcript:
SCENE: Stern, scary man leaning into woman who seems frightened.
WOMAN: No more ugly truth! I want beautiful lies! And chocolate!
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Stern, scary man leaning into woman who seems frightened.
WOMAN: No more ugly truth! I want beautiful lies! And chocolate!
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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