by John | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year! (And good riddance to 2020.) I hope we all have much better years.
Many thanks to my frequent partner in holiday hilarity Mike Pascale for today’s gag—plus the art changes!
Art by Vince Colletta Studio. Appeared first in First Kiss #29, 1962.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman holding baby (with a 2021 sash) who is also a boy and is wearing a quiver of arrows.
WOMAN: What the bow and arrow for?
BABY: I wanna make sure old-man 2020 doesn’t come back!
CAPTION: *Baby’s First Weapon™ now sold in the Nursery Section of the Last Kiss Store!
962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Archery Art & Killer Humor: Mike Pascale
29.1.1.2
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding baby (with a 2021 sash) who is also a boy and is wearing a quiver of arrows.
WOMAN: What the bow and arrow for?
BABY: I wanna make sure old-man 2020 doesn't come back!
CAPTION: *Baby’s First Weapon™ now sold in the Nursery Section of the Last Kiss Store!
962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Archery Art & Killer Humor: Mike Pascale
29.1.1.2
by John | Dec 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
To give me more time to figure out which New Year’s resolutions I’m going to make and break, I’m re-running this Last Kiss comic from 2016.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Transcript:
SCENE: Blonde woman with champagne bottle. Balloons in background.
WOMAN: Why wait? Let’s break our New Year’s resolutions now!
Model: Miss Kitty Harlow Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc
Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
MissKittyHarlowSilverBalloons
↓ TranscriptTranscript:
SCENE: Blonde woman with champagne bottle. Balloons in background.
WOMAN: Why wait? Let’s break our New Year’s resolutions now!
Model: Miss Kitty Harlow Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2016 Last Kiss Inc
Photo ©2016 Allen Freeman
MissKittyHarlowSilverBalloons
by John | Dec 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Instead of showing the original, vintage panel art, I’m posting the opening, splash panel from that same story. Frankly there’s a lot more going on it and I thought it’d be more fun! —John
Artist unknown. From the Glory Forbes story in Ranger Comics #39, Feb. 1948. Fiction House.
Transcript:
SCENE: Young woman skiing rapidly and out of control down a mountain.
CAPTION: Dear Santa:
Thank you for the skis!
I didn’t see any instructions. But I’m sure I’ll figure it out!
WOMAN: Where the %$#@ are the brakes?!!
1948 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young woman skiing rapidly and out of control down a mountain.
CAPTION: Dear Santa:
Thank you for the skis!
I didn’t see any instructions. But I’m sure I’ll figure it out!
WOMAN: Where the %$#@ are the brakes?!!
1948 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.lk583
by John | Dec 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Happy Holidays and many thanks to all of you who’ve been reading Last Kiss! I hope 2021 is a much better and happier year for all of us!
Original Vintage Artwork:
Pencils by Charles Nicholas in Nurse Betsy Crane #18, 1962.
Transcript:
SANTA (pointing his forefinger forcibly upwards as he makes a point): You don’t have to believe in me! But Santa believes in you!
CAPTION: Believe, hope and have a Merry Christmas!
djp_lk_badsanta06b & NurseBetsyCrane18.3.4
↓ TranscriptSANTA (pointing his forefinger forcibly upwards as he makes a point): You don’t have to believe in me! But Santa believes in you!
CAPTION: Believe, hope and have a Merry Christmas!
djp_lk_badsanta06b & NurseBetsyCrane18.3.4
by John | Dec 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia from the story “Kiss Me Tonight” in First Kiss #7, Feb. 1959.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman thinking in front of a Christmas tree with presents under the tree.
WOMAN: If I was a gift, I’d be expensive! Beautifully wrapped…and laid under the tree!
Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color: Allen Freeman
7.3.2.5
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman thinking in front of a Christmas tree with presents under the tree.
WOMAN: If I was a gift, I’d be expensive! Beautifully wrapped…and laid under the tree!
Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color: Allen Freeman
7.3.2.5
