by John | Feb 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Wings and other visual effects are courtesy of my pal and genius-at-large Mike Pascale.
Meanwhile, back in 1965…
See the original 1965 art and dialogue for today’s Last Kiss webcomic here.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding baby with wings, talks to someone who's off-panel.
WOMAN: So, Cupid, still think you're not the father?
Valentine's Day
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Cupidization: Mike Pascale
©2014 Last Kiss Inc.
40.3.2.5
by John | Feb 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
St. Patrick’s Day
This gloriously goofy gag is courtesy of my pal and genius-at-large Mike Pascale.
Meanwhile, back in 1962…
See the original 1962 art and dialogue for today’s Last Kiss webcomic here.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman with an arrow in her head, smiling as she holds a smiling Cupid.
WOMAN: it worked! I love...myself!
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Cupidization & Gag: Mike Pascale
©2014
29.1.1.12 (should be 29.1.1.2)
by John | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day from the amazing Mike Pascale (and the lovely, but talented me.)
Once again Mike has taken old romance art from my archive—(see original below)—and turned it into something cool. And, let’s face, kinda creepy.
In fact, this may be the creepiest Last Kiss Valentine character comic since my dirty, old mail carrier. Hmm. Okay, he’s even creepier.
Way to go Mike!
Art from First Kiss #32 (1963.) Artist unknown.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A penthouse exterior looking out over a city. A man is dressed up as Cupid---wearing a diaper and carrying a bow and arrow. A woman in a cocktail dress looks on alarmed.
MAN: But it’s Valentine’s Day!
WOMAN: You know I don’t date men in diapers…anymore!
Original artist unknown.
Color: Allen Freeman Cupidization: Mike Pascale
©2013 Last Kiss Inc
by John | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I couldn’t resist writing a last-minute gag for Valentine’s Day. But I ended up writing four different punchlines for the guy in this comic.
—One sorta sweet. (“You bet!”)
—One sorta rude. ( “I’ve had worse!”)
—One sorta sexy. (“Happy Valentine’s Night!”)
—And the sorta silly one I ended up using.
Which is best? Beats me. For sheer schmaltz, though, I’d vote for the caption in the original romance comic from the 1960s:
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman kissing in front of a huge Valentine's heart.
WOMAN: Happy Valentine's Day?
MAN: So far? Not bad!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio
by John | Feb 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
I love collaborating with Mike Pascale on holiday gags. We always begin by selecting art that Mike can modify (or in this case “Cupify”) to fit the holiday. Then we both think up gags
Many of these are great gags. Wonderful, side-splitting, pee-in-your-pants funny gags.
For the sake of hygiene, we throw all those gags away and just use whatever is left over.
Below is the original art (drawn by Vince Colletta) with the original text as it appeared in an issue of First Kiss in the early 1960s.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holds up a smiling cupid.
CUPID: So it's a deal! I'll get you a date...
WOMAN: And I'll change your diapers!
Original art by Vince Colletta. Cupidization by Mike Pascale
