Secret Origin of Couple-Up Contest Art

Secret Romance #21 featured two lovers at a masquerade party.

Secret Romance #21 featured two lovers at a masquerade party.

lk20130624ThoughtB.NoLogoEarlier this week, I posted the current Couple-Up caption contest and some people “made an ass out of you and me.” In short, they a-s-s-u-m-e-d!

They looked at the contest art and went “Ah ha! That’s Black Canary and Green Arrow!”

That’s okay because I a-s-s-u-m-e-d they would.

After all, the characters look like Black Canary and Green Arrow. And Mike Grell—who contributed the opening contest caption—is famous for (among other things) writing and drawing Black Canary and Green Arrow.

But guess what—they’re not Black Canary and Green Arrow.

The art is actually a recreation—by Diego Jourdan Pereira—of the cover of Secret Romance #21 from 1972 . When my original guest writer had to drop out, Diego suggested the obvious: Mike Grell!

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Couple-Up Contest #2—Starring Mike Grell

lk20130624 To win, submit the funniest dialogue for the contest image by July 1, 2013 at 10 p.m. PDT.

Submit dialogue as a comment to this post. (See Comment section below.)

You do not have to write dialogue for both word balloons. You can just have the man, the woman or both speak.

Or they can be thinking instead of speaking. (I can swap out the word balloons for thought bubbles.)

Prizes:

—On July 5, 2013, the winning dialogue will be lettered in the contest comic and posted on this website as well as GoComics; Romance Beat; World Famous Comics; and the Last Kiss fan page on Facebook.com. The winner’s name will be prominently displayed with the comic.

This instant fame will make you the envy of everyone you’ve ever known—assuming you tell them how cool it is.

—You will also receive a high-quality print of the contest comic with your name and dialogue lettered into the art. The print will be autographed by Last Kiss creator John Lustig.

—You’ll also receive 10 Last Kiss note or greeting cards as well as a Last Kiss Sticky Notebook.”

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—At least three runners-up will be selected. Each will receive five Last Kiss note or greeting cards.

Other Important Stuff:

The “funniest dialogue” will be selected at the sole discretion and outrageous whim of Last Kiss creator John Lustig.

Posting a link to or promoting another website or product is forbidden and will be cause for removal and possible banning from the site.

Four-letter words or material that is sexually graphic or offensive can result in your submission being removed from the website and consideration.

Important Rules & Legal Stuff

Enter as often as you like. But please just submit your best gags.

Any entries that are not in English will not be considered and will be removed from the website.

If you do not live in the United States or Canada, you must pay shipping if you wish to have your prize mailed to you.

Additional Legal Fine Print