by John | Jun 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “Elopement” in FIRST KISS #4, 1958. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A mother and her adult daughter are talking.
DAUGHTER: Thanks, Mom! But you can’t help! I need advice from someone who knows about sex!
MOM: Honey, you know all those notches on my bed? Well guess what…?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Art Cleanup: Heather Chestnut
Character Color: Dan McConnell Notches #6-79: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A mother and her adult daughter are talking.
DAUGHTER: Thanks, Mom! But you can’t help! I need advice from someone who knows about sex!
MOM: Honey, you know all those notches on my bed? Well guess what...?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Art Cleanup: Heather Chestnut
Character Color: Dan McConnell Notches #6-79: John Lustig
4.4.2.1
by John | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by the Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The End of Summer” in First Kiss #34, 1963. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A smiling young woman and man- -both wearing bathing suits—are at the beach, smiling at each other and are about ready to eat marshmallows that they’ve roasted in a beach fire.
WOMAN: See? I told you I can cook!
MAN (thinking): Wow! If she can roast weenies too…I’m proposing!
1963 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Hot Dog Vendor & Beach Bum: John Lustig
34.3.5.4
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A smiling young woman and man- -both wearing bathing suits---are at the beach, smiling at each other and are about ready to eat marshmallows that they've roasted in a beach fire.
WOMAN: See? I told you I can cook!
MAN (thinking): Wow! If she can roast weenies too...I’m proposing!
1963 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Hot Dog Vendor & Beach Bum: John Lustig
34.3.5.4
by John | Jun 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art possibly by Al Hartley. From the story “Wallflower Sweetheart” in Ten-Story Love #188, April 1953. Ace Magazines. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
WOMAN (talking to a man): I wanted a real he-man! But I guess you’ll do…‘til he gets here!
1953 Art: Al Hartley? Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Real He-Man: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN (talking to a man): I wanted a real he-man! But I guess you’ll do…‘til he gets here!
1953 Art: Al Hartley? Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Real He-Man: John Lustig
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by John | Jun 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hold the lettuce and tomato. Extra pickles.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “That Lonely Sound” in FIRST KISS #36, Feb. 1964. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman is talking with a man. A second man is standing nearby looking on.
WOMAN: You’re between lovers? How come?
MAN: ‘Cause I called dibs on being in the middle!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Charater Color: Allen Freeman
Matchmaker: John Lustig
36.2.3.1
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman is talking with a man. A second man is standing nearby looking on.
WOMAN: You’re between lovers? How come?
MAN: ‘Cause I called dibs on being in the middle!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Charater Color: Allen Freeman
Matchmaker: John Lustig
36.2.3.1
by John | Jun 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: 1904 photo of a well-dressed woman wearing a hat with a huge buckle on the front.
CAPTION: Rosalind was new to the workforce. So she wondered about the firm’s dress code. Could her boss be right? Were Puritan hat buckles really out of style…and forbidden…along with underwear?
1904 Photo: J. Craig Annan Model: Frau Mathasius
Time Traveler: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: 1904 photo of a well-dressed woman wearing a hat with a huge buckle on the front.
CAPTION: Rosalind was new to the workforce. So she wondered about the firm’s dress code. Could her boss be right? Were Puritan hat buckles really out of style...and forbidden...along with underwear?
1904 Photo: J. Craig Annan Model: Frau Mathasius
Time Traveler: John Lustig
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