A Taxing Time with Tillie
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “A Bouquet of Roses” in First Kiss #20, May 1961.
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CAPTION: *First “Date” with Tillie Tightpurse, IRS Auditor!
1961 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Taxing Humor: John Lustig
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No Accounting for Taste—or Taxes
Happy Tax Day—courtesy of Mike Pascale and me.
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Vince Colletta from the story “Involuntary Bride” from FIRST KISS #40, 1965. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
MAN: Your CPA called! Your taxes are due…today!
WOMAN (hand to forehead as if she has a headache): <Groan!>CPA must stand for Constant Pain in the A**!
CAPTION: **Rhymes with “Class!” But we’re too classy to say it!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Taxing Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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WOMAN (hand to forehead as if she has a headache): <Groan!>CPA must stand for Constant Pain in the A**!
CAPTION: **Rhymes with “Class!” But we’re too classy to say it!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Taxing Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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A Taxing Date
Happy Tax Day!

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Love Thief” in FIRST KISS #37, 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman looking in mirror as she brushes her hair.
WOMAN: Mirror, Mirror on the wall! Which boy will do my taxes…when I call?
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
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WOMAN: Mirror, Mirror on the wall! Which boy will do my taxes...when I call?
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
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Beware the Ides of May
What?!! Still working on your taxes? Then my pal Mike Pascale and I can predict your future.
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Sorry. No original art this time. Our crystal ball doesn’t know what happened.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman holds a fortune telling-type crystal ball while talking to a man.
WOMAN: Beware
the Ides of May! Your taxes you must pay!
MAN: The ides? That’s
May 15! But the IRS says taxes aren’t due ‘til May 17.
SIGN HANGING ON A WALL IN THE BACKGROUND: Fortunes & Accounting. Madame Fortuna.
WOMAN: Madame Fortuna doesn’t care about the time! Only the rhyme!
1934 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Taxing Humor & Poetic Predictions: Mike Pascale
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WOMAN: Beware
the Ides of May! Your taxes you must pay!
MAN: The ides? That’s
May 15! But the IRS says taxes aren’t due ‘til May 17.
SIGN HANGING ON A WALL IN THE BACKGROUND: Fortunes & Accounting. Madame Fortuna.
WOMAN: Madame Fortuna doesn’t care about the time! Only the rhyme!
1934 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Taxing Humor & Poetic Predictions: Mike Pascale
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