by John | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “The Sea Green Eyes!” in First Kiss #5, 1958. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man talking with a woman. Smoke is coming out of his mouth.
MAN: File a complaint with John Lustig, Ginny. He forgot to have his artist draw my giant cigar. Now my exhaling smoke just looks silly.
WOMAN (thinking): Yet oddly intriguing and even sexy. Is “giant cigar” a euphemism?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man talking with a woman. Smoke is coming out of his mouth.
MAN: File a complaint with John Lustig, Ginny. He forgot to have his artist draw my giant cigar. Now my exhaling smoke just looks silly.
WOMAN (thinking): Yet oddly intriguing and even sexy. Is “giant cigar” a euphemism?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jul 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Man Hater” in First Kiss #18, Jan. 1961.
Transcript:
CAPTION: Dear Diary:
When I saw him, I actually drooled! I couldn’t help it! He was so handsome!
And, when he looked at me, his smile promised a lifetime of happiness!
He was the perfect man…until he opened his mouth!
SCENE: Man holding a pack of cigarettes as he talks to a woman who is standing in the foreground.
MAN: Hi! Wanna smoke? It’s better than romance! It gives you an instant inner glow and you don’t even have to pretend you’re in love!
WOMAN: Oh, lord! You work in advertising, don’t you?
1961 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: John Lustig
ART: 18.3.6.1
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Man Hater” in First Kiss #18, Jan. 1961.
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: Dear Diary:
When I saw him, I actually drooled! I couldn’t help it! He was so handsome!
And, when he looked at me, his smile promised a lifetime of happiness!
He was the perfect man...until he opened his mouth!
SCENE: Man holding a pack of cigarettes as he talks to a woman who is standing in the foreground.
MAN: Hi! Wanna smoke? It’s better than romance! It gives you an instant inner glow and you don’t even have to pretend you're in love!
WOMAN: Oh, lord! You work in advertising, don't you?
1961 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: John Lustig
ART: 18.3.6.1
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story "Man Hater" in First Kiss #18, Jan. 1961.
by John | Jan 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Art by Bill Ward from the story “I Danced With Heartbreak” in DIARY LOVES #8, 1951.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman smoking
WOMAN: I’m not just hot! I’m smoking hot!
1951 Art: Bill Ward Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman smoking
WOMAN: I’m not just hot! I’m smoking hot!
1951 Art: Bill Ward Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Mar 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
The interesting thing about the original art below is not what’s happening, but what isn’t. The story is about a woman who meets a guy and likes him until she finds out that:
A) He’s a drug-dealing, philandering crime lord.
B) He’s an ink-slinging, low-paid cartoonist.
C) He’s a truck driver.
D) He smokes.
E) He’s a communist spy, but he votes Republican.
Pick one. Then see the answer below the comic.
The answer? C. He’s a truck driver. (She’d hoped he was a doctor or lawyer.)
What gets me—besides the snobbery—is that she sees him smoking here and it absolutely isn’t a problem. These days it would really turn off a lot of potential lovers. But back in the 1960s—it was better to be a three-pack-a-day doctor than be a healthy truck driver.
By the way, eventually she decides to overlook his profession. And guess what? Everything is going to be okay because he’s going to college nights. So he must have some ambition after all!
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman on phone talking to someone while man in backgrounds smokes and smiles at her.
WOMAN: Sure, He smokes like a chimney! But he’s got a huge life insurance policy!
Art by by Vince Colletta Studio
by John | Jun 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man putting out a cigarette in an ashtray.
MAN: There! I just quit smoking! And it was easy…just like the last 12 times I did it today!
Art by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani