Free Spirit

Free Spirit

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Louis Ravelli from For a Night of Love. Published by Avon, 1951. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Woman removing or putting on a filmy, fur-lined robe over her negligee.

WOMAN: I’m a free spirit! But samples are expensive!

1951 Art: Louis Ravelli Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Cheap Thrills: John Lustig

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SCENE: Woman removing or putting on a filmy, fur-lined robe over her negligee.

WOMAN: I’m a free spirit! But samples are expensive!

1951 Art: Louis Ravelli Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Cheap Thrills: John Lustig

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Quoth the Raven…

Quoth the Raven…

 

 

 

Transcript:

SCENE: A raven is perched on top of a cross-shaped gravestone in a cemetery. On the gravestone are carved the words “War Dead.”

RAVEN: Nevermore!

Modified by John Lustig from an Unsplash photo by Matthias Mullner

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SCENE: A raven is perched on top of a cross-shaped gravestone in a cemetery. On the gravestone are carved the words "War Dead."

RAVEN: Nevermore!

Modified by John Lustig from an Unsplash photo by Matthias Mullner

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Sweet Gardenia

Sweet Gardenia

A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Art Cappello for Romantic Story #119, June 1972. (No link this time. The original comic isn’t online.)

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Woman with multi-colored hair is crying.

CAPTION: Gardenia truly hated her new look.

CAPTION: Her boyfriend was crazy about it.

CAPTION: And she loved her special guy so much…

CAPTION: …that she would willingly dye for him.

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Romantic Story 119

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SCENE: Woman with multi-colored hair is crying.

CAPTION: Gardenia truly hated her new look.

CAPTION: Her boyfriend was crazy about it.

CAPTION: And she loved her special guy so much...

CAPTION: ...that she would willingly dye for him.

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Romantic Story 119

Lust Lost—and Found

Lust Lost—and Found

There’s no original art to show this time. This is adapted from Clarence H. White’s 1905 photo The Orchid. And, yes, this is almost certainly the oldest piece of public domain art I’ve ever used.

 

 

Transcript:

SCENE: A photograph of a young woman picking something up from the ground outside. In the background, two women are looking up into the branches of a tree. One of them is reaching for something in a tree branch.

YOUNG WOMAN IN FOREGROUND: You can stop looking, girls! I found my IUD!

1905 Photo: Clarence H. White Time Traveler: John Lustig

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Makeup Sex–Made Up?

Makeup Sex–Made Up?

Original Vintage Art & Text

Artist unknown. From the story “Nightmare Journey” in Diary Loves #9, April 1951. Published by Quality Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.

 

 

Transcript:

SCENE: A man and woman are having a tense confrontation. He’s holding her arms as if to keep her from fleeing—or striking him.

MAN: But…We can’t have makeup sex! We just met!

WOMAN: You’re wrong! But I’m ready to forgive you! So…

1951 Artist Unknown Re-creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira Foregivable Me: John Lustig

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SCENE: A man and woman are having a tense confrontation. He's holding her arms as if to keep her from fleeing---or striking him.

MAN: But...We can’t have makeup sex! We just met!

WOMAN: You’re wrong! But I’m ready to forgive you! So...

1951 Artist Unknown Re-creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira Foregivable Me: John Lustig

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