by John | May 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani from the story “One Stolen Kiss” from FIRST KISS #1, 1957.Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man trying to comfort and upset woman.
MAN: No! I didn’t sleep with your sister! Well, at least…not on purpose! this time!
1957 Art: Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani Color: Dan McConnell
Funny For Money: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man trying to comfort and upset woman.
MAN: No! I didn’t sleep with your sister! Well, at least...not on purpose! this time!
1957 Art: Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani Color: Dan McConnell
Funny For Money: John Lustig
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by John | May 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
First recorded instance of someone cosplaying a TSA agent?First recorded instance of someone cosplaying a TSA agent?
A new Last Kiss (starring a Roger Moore lookalike)—by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Cappello & Sal Gentile from the cover of Romantic Story #121, Aug. 1972. (No link to the original comic this time. Sorry.)
Transcript:
LOGO (1940s style): The Adventures of…TESSIE THE TSA AGENT
TESSIE: Are you…you are wearing some kind of girdle!
TESSIE: Hey, Bruno! Got a strip search for you!
TESSIE: And while you’re at it…
TESSIE: ..take a few photos for me!
1972 Art: Art Cappello & Sal Gentile
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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LOGO (1940s style): TESSIE THE TSA AGENT
TESSIE: Are you...you are wearing some kind of girdle!
TESSIE: Hey, Bruno! Got a strip search for you!
TESSIE: And while you’re at it...
TESSIE: ..take a few photos for me!
1972 Art: Art Cappello & Sal Gentile
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
by John | May 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Love or lust? Sometimes it’s hard to know the difference!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “His Future Bride” in Brides in Love #10, Nov. 1958. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: An astonished man is watching a beautiful, smiling woman as she walks by.
MAN: Leaping, Lust! My heart just skipped three beats! This is true love! The kind you read about in books…dirty books…with lots of pictures!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Bookworm: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: An astonished man is watching a beautiful, smiling woman as she walks by.
MAN: Leaping, Lust! My heart just skipped three beats! This is true love! The kind you read about in books...dirty books...with lots of pictures!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Bookworm: John Lustig
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by John | May 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story Love Comics Later” in First Kiss #15, July 1960. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: An elderly woman teacher is standing in front of a black board that says: Sex Education
TEACHER: Abstinence works, kids! Look at me! I’m not pregnant!
1960 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Pregnant with Possibilities: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: An elderly woman teacher is standing in front of a black board that says: Sex Education
TEACHER: Abstinence works, kids! Look at me! I’m not pregnant!
1960 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Pregnant with Possibilities: John Lustig
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by John | May 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
My thanks to Jim Guida who wrote the hilarious dialogue for that unfortunate young lady pining away in the background. (I then came up with the cover caption in the red box.)
Over the years, Jim has contributed several gags (all great) to Last Kiss. And fortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way to stop him from coming up with more!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Al Avison from the cover of Hi-School Romance #10, August 1951. Harvey Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman and a bare-chested man are kissing on a deserted island—deserted that is except for a sad, bandaged woman who watches in the background. Further back in the distance, we see a yacht wrecked in the water.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND: Well, at least I still have my yacht.
CAPTION: After the shipwreck, Mary Ann had to choose! Would she commit…
“Murder or Ménage à Trois?”
1951 Art: Al Avison
2022 Wiseguys: Jim Guida & John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman and a bare-chested man are kissing on a deserted island---deserted that is except for a sad, bandaged woman who watches in the background. Further back in the distance, we see a yacht wrecked in the water.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND: Well, at least I still have my yacht.
CAPTION: After the shipwreck, Mary Ann had to choose! Would she commit…
“Murder or Ménage à Trois?”
1951 Art: Al Avison
2022 Wiseguys: Jim Guida & John Lustig
Hi-School Romance #10
