Chili Dogs with Dad

Chili Dogs with Dad

Happy Father’s Day!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Reed Crandall from “The Ray” in Smash #24, 1941.

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Bucky standing in front of a roller coaster.

BUCKY: Watta great day! Dad and I ate chili dogs…twice! Once just before the roller coaster! And then later…after we finished barfing!

1941 Art: Reed Crandall Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Bucky Created by Jack Enyart & John Lustig

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SCENE: Bucky standing in front of a roller coaster.

BUCKY: Watta great day! Dad and I ate chili dogs...twice! Once just before the roller coaster! And then later...after we finished barfing!

1941 Art: Reed Crandall Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Bucky Created by Jack Enyart & John Lustig

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I Want a Girl, Just Like the Girl…Who Married Dear Old Dad

I Want a Girl, Just Like the Girl…Who Married Dear Old Dad

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by John Tartaglione from the story “The Sea Green Eyes!” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.

 

 

 

Transcript:

Man wearing an ascot is talking to a woman. As they talk, he motions towards a body of water and land in the background.

MAN: Someday I’ll inherit Dad’s fortune! Marry me and all this will be yours!

WOMAN: Gosh! Couldn’t I just marry your dad and have it now?

1958 Art: John Tartaglione New Color: Allen Freeman
Dialogue: John Lustig

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Man wearing an ascot is talking to a woman. As they talk, he motions towards a body of water and land in the background.

MAN: Someday I’ll inherit Dad’s fortune! Marry me and all this will be yours!

WOMAN: Gosh! Couldn’t I just marry your dad and have it now?

1958 Art: John Tartaglione New Color: Allen Freeman
Dialogue: John Lustig

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Reaction Queen

Reaction Queen

Another titanic tale of torrid hilarity from my comic collaborators and pals Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Nina Albright from the story “I Cheated at Love” from Thrilling Romances #20, July 1952.

 

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Young woman looking intently forward at something. In the background is a clothing rack.

CAPTION: Dorrie was Hollywood’s queen of the reaction shot. Shock. Surprise. Delight. She could do it all. But when she accidentally walked in…on Gustave in the fitting room…it took her 20 minutes to UN-react.

1952 Art: Nina Albright New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella

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SCENE: Young woman looking intently forward at something. In the background is a clothing rack.

CAPTION: Dorrie was Hollywood’s queen of the reaction shot. Shock. Surprise. Delight. She could do it all. But when she accidentally walked in...on Gustave in the fitting room...it took her 20 minutes to UN-react.

1952 Art: Nina Albright New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella

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Flag Day, 1941

Flag Day, 1941

Today’s Flag Day comic is really two comics in one.

First, there’s the vintage, Nazi-fighting art from Our Flag Comics #3. It struck me how different times were back in 1941 and how united we were (by the end of that year) against “the bad guys.” These days, alas, we can’t even all agree who the “bad guys” are.

Second, there was this incredible, completely over-the-top caption in the 1941 art. I thought it was jaw-dropingly bizarre, but also a lot of fun. So I decided to share it with you. But—fearing that the type would be too small—I enlarged it for readability. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

(Below is a miniature version of the vintage,

untouched art so that you can see the original layout

and what I covered up when I enlarged the caption.)

Art by Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3, Dec. 1941.

 

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Superhero dressed somewhat like an American flag, punches out a bunch of Nazis in a subway as terrified citizens look on in the background.

THE FLAG: That’s
what I love about America in 1941…Everyone agrees about who the bad

CAPTION BOX: Born with a chest birthmark resembling the American Flag, Jim Courtney, adopted son of John Courtney, an old flag maker and war veteran known as “Old Glory,” has been endowed by the immortals of U.S. history with the strength of a hundred men and the speed of the wind. When traitors seek to destroy our country, Jim Dons the special patriotic uniform made for him by “Old Glory” and goes forth as that hard-hitting, patriotic avenger, The Flag, to crush and destroy them!

Happy Flag Day!

Dec. 1941 Art: Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3
New Dialogue: John Lustig
Yellow caption box is enlarged, but contains the original,
1941 textfeaturing the origin of The Flag. Writer unknown.

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SCENE: Superhero dressed somewhat like an American flag, punches out a bunch of Nazis in a subway as terrified citizens look on in the background.

THE FLAG: That’s
what I love about America in 1941...Everyone agrees about who the bad

CAPTION BOX: Born with a chest birthmark resembling the American Flag, Jim Courtney, adopted son of John Courtney, an old flag maker and war veteran known as “Old Glory,” has been endowed by the immortals of U.S. history with the strength of a hundred men and the speed of the wind. When traitors seek to destroy our country, Jim Dons the special patriotic uniform made for him by “Old Glory” and goes forth as that hard-hitting, patriotic avenger, The Flag, to crush and destroy them!

Happy Flag Day!

Dec. 1941 Art: Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3
New Dialogue: John Lustig
Yellow caption box is enlarged, but contains the original,
1941 textfeaturing the origin of The Flag. Writer unknown.

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Be Who You Are

Be Who You Are

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Scene: Rodin's statue The Thinker is in the foreground. In the background are a rainbow and some clouds:

The Thinker: I think I’m gay! Therefore...I am!

CAPTION: Happy Pride Month Be who you are!

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