by John | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
If only dealing with “the virus” was this easy. Stay safe, folks!
With Love & Humor from Ground Zero (Seattle),
John Lustig
1948 artist unknown. From the Glory Forbes story in Rangers Comics #39.
Transcript:
SCENE: Worried looking woman.
TEXT: Don’t Worry!
All Last Kiss comics are now certified 100-percent virus free.*
*Except for one comic in 2012. (It was sick humor and ended up with more viruses than your mom’s computer! So don’t read it!)**
**Darn it! You read it, didn’t you?
Now you’ll have to wash your brain for at least 20 seconds. Remember, a well-washed brain is a safe brain.
Afterwards, rest your brain. Don’t think! Just read Last Kiss and we’ll do your thinking for you!
1948 Artist unknown, but might be Matt Baker Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Worried looking woman.
TEXT: Don't Worry!
All Last Kiss comics are now certified 100-percent virus free.*
*Except for one comic in 2012. (It was sick humor and ended up with more viruses than your mom’s computer! So don’t read it!)**
**Darn it! You read it, didn’t you?
Now you’ll have to wash your brain for at least 20 seconds. Remember, a well-washed brain is a safe brain.
Afterwards, rest your brain. Don’t think! Just read Last Kiss and we’ll do your thinking for you!
1948 Artist unknown, but might be Matt Baker Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Inks (and possibly pencils) by Dick Giordano from the cover of Love Diary #33, June 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: A bowling alley. A woman in the foreground is holding a bowling ball and smiling at a man who is holding her, showing her how to bowl. In the background, another woman looks on in a huff and with her hands on her hips.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND (thinking): Look at her! Pretending she doesn’t know how to handle balls!
1964 Inks & Possibly Pencils: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Love Diary #33 Cover
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A bowling alley. A woman in the foreground is holding a bowling ball and smiling at a man who is holding her, showing her how to bowl. In the background, another woman looks on in a huff and with her hands on her hips.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND (thinking): Look at her! Pretending she doesn’t know how to handle balls!
1964 Inks & Possibly Pencils: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Love Diary #33 Cover
by John | Mar 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Lucky Mike Pascale and me!
Art by the Vince Colletta Studio from FIRST KISS #8, 1959.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman swooning and smiling in the background as a leprechaun plays a guitar.
CAPTION: First, the music caressed her soul! Then it moved lower–tingling her loins and making her hips gyrate to the magically delicious rainbow rhythms of…
Shamrock ’n’ Roll!
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman swooning and smiling in the background as a leprechaun plays a guitar.
CAPTION: First, the music caressed her soul! Then it moved lower--tingling her loins and making her hips gyrate to the magically delicious rainbow rhythms of...
Shamrock ’n’ Roll!
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by John | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s a few days early, but Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
If you enjoy today’s Last Kiss then all credit goes to my pal Mike Pascale. (And, if you don’t like it, then what the %$#@ is wrong with you?!!)
Check out the amazing job he did transforming the original art! (See both panels below.)
Art by Jack Keller from the story “World Champion” in Teenage Hotrodders #7, May 1964.
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia from the story “Does He Love Me?” in FIRST KISS #21, 1961.
Transcript:
SCENE: Startled woman looks on in the background of a gay leprechaun bar as four leprechauns smile and drink.
WOMAN: A leprechaun gay bar?
LEPRECHAUN: What did you expect to find at the end of a rainbow?
Underlying 1960s Art: Jack Keller male characters.
Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia female character.
Leprechaun Humor, Makeover & Green Beer: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Startled woman looks on in the background of a gay leprechaun bar as four leprechauns smile and drink.
WOMAN: A leprechaun gay bar?
LEPRECHAUN: What did you expect to find at the end of a rainbow?
Underlying 1960s Art: Jack Keller male characters.
Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia female character.
Leprechaun Humor, Makeover & Green Beer: Mike Pascale
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by John | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Finally! The Last Kiss version of what really happened on the Brady Bunch.
Tony Isabella
The Original Art
Art by Alex Toth & Mike Peppe from the story “The Man Who Was Always On Time” in Out of the Shadows #12, March 1954.
Transcript:
SCENE: Dapper, mustached man wearing a dinner jacket smokes and speaks. He smiles slightly.
MAN: This is my story. The story of a man named Brady. But it doesn’t have a happy ending like on TV. How could it have gone so terribly wrong? It was Alice. Crafty, seductive Alice…
1954 Art: Alex Toth & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Dapper, mustached man wearing a dinner jacket smokes and speaks. He smiles slightly.
MAN: This is my story. The story of a man named Brady. But it doesn’t have a happy ending like on TV. How could it have gone so terribly wrong? It was Alice. Crafty, seductive Alice...
1954 Art: Alex Toth & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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