Kansas City, Mo. and Seattle, Wa. (May 13, 2010) – Last Kiss creator John Lustig is paying tribute to comics legend Dick Giordano with a special three-week sequence of his Last Kiss webcomic.

Starting May 17, the series will begin appearing six times a week instead of the usual three at both GoComics.com/lastkiss and lastkisscomic.com. Instead of his regular one-panel gags, Lustig will feature a multi-episode Last Kiss story which he and Giordano created together, entitled “Widow Miss Muffet.”

The “Widow” storyline will appear Monday through Friday. On Sundays, Last Kiss will feature special, standalone comics unrelated to “Widow,” but featuring Giordano art. The “Widow” story will wrap up on June 4.

“Dick drew ‘Widow’ for my Last Kiss comic book series and it hasn’t been reprinted since it appeared in 2001,” said Lustig. “For Dick it was a chance to have fun—returning to his romance comic roots. And it was a funny romance story—which I think was a first for him.

“It’s the story of a little girl who wants to grow up and become a rich widow. Of course, things don’t go quite as planned.”
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Although it’s surely a sign of the Apocalypse, I’m semi-happy to announce that I’ve launched a Last Kiss YouTube channel. So what can you see?

–A short Last Kiss animation by the wonderful Christopher Martin. (This has been around for a few years, but it’s still very funny.)

–A link to a brand new video interview with me by John Berry at Metropolis Comics. (I take the art of muttering incoherently to amazing new levels, but tune in anyway because John Berry makes me laugh!)

–A link to a 2007 video interview with me by Ron Austin and Bruce Wolcott of Bellevue College. (Have a drink for every time I say something coherent!)

That’s it for now. But this summer we’ll be posting at least two new animations–one of which has been in the works for three years. So you know it has to be great–otherwise we’ve just been wasting our  time!