by John | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Original art by Vince Colletta Studio in Art by Vince Colletta Studio in the story “Man vs. Diary” in First Kiss #33, Aug. 1963. Published by Charlton.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman sitting, writing in a blank book as she looks up and talks to a man.
WOMAN: I’m writing a best seller! I don’t have a plot yet, but there’s lots of sex!
1963 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Best-Seller Material: John Lustig
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by John | Mar 2, 2025 | Blog
My thanks to my brother-in-law (or even outlaw) Rich Hernandez for the idea for today’s gag.
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Frank Frazetta in the story “A Love of My Own” in Personal Love #24, 1953. Published by Eastern Color. Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A sad, crying woman and a male soldier are hugging.
WOMAN: I’m sorry, but…yesterday I slept with your brother!
MAN: Ha! The jokes on her! I don’t have a brother!
1953 Art: Frank Frazetta New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Adapted from an idea by Rich Hernandez
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by John | Feb 13, 2025 | Blog
Happy Valentine’s Day! May your sweetheart be sweet and your heart full of love!
Many thanks to my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale for the wild Valentine’s Day gag!
Original Vintage Art & Text
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: Let’s do something different for Valentine’s Day!
MAN: Sleep with another man?
WOMAN: You wouldn't mind?
MAN: I meant both of us!
1958 Artist Unknown New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Thinking Outside the Candy Box: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Charles Nicholas. From the story “Crime that Didn’t Occur!” in Zaza the Mystic #10, April 1956. Published by Charlton.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman fortune teller looks shocked.
WOMAN: I predict mind-blowing sex on Valentine’s Day! And best of all...chocolate!
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog
Phone sex without the phone?
Original Vintage Art & Text

Inks by Dick Giordano from the story “Heartbreaker” in First Kiss #12, 1960.
Synopsis of original 1960 story “Heartbreakers) courtesy of https://comicbookplus.com/:
Jill is the “campus queen,” who flirts with boys and breaks their hearts. She becomes interested in new student Ron and thinks she’s found true love at last. However, Ron says he’s taking someone else to the prom, and now Jill has “learned my lesson…the hard way!”
↓ TranscriptMAN #1 (to woman sitting at a booth having an ice cream soda): What if I pretend to flirt with you?
WOMAN: Then I'll pretend to sleep with you!
MAN #2 (sitting beside woman): Gosh! You only pretended to kiss me!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
Pretending to Be Awake: John Lustig
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