by John | Apr 25, 2024 | Blog
Happy Arbor Day from me and my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “Elopement” in First Kiss #4, July 1958. Charlton Comics.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman with a small suitcase is leaving a home's courtyard.
VOICE FROM OFF PANEL: You’re celebrating Arbor Day? How?!!
WOMAN: Isn’t it obvious? I’m leaf-ing you!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Dan McConnell
Have Puns, Will Babble: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Apr 21, 2024 | Blog
My thanks to mischievous Mike Pascale for the great Earth Day gag!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by “Chasal” (Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani) from the story “Whose Broken Heart?” in First Kiss #15, July 1960. Charlton.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman are outside. The woman seems upset by what he says to her.
MAN: Climate change gets me hot!
WOMAN: One more reason to stop it!
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1960 Art: "Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Earthy Humor: Mike Pascale
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by John | Mar 30, 2024 | Blog
Happy Easter from me and my frequent partner in Last Kiss hilarity Mike Pascale. Today’s Last Kiss is a composite image put together by Mike Pascale from two different comic books. So we have two sets of vintage art this time. See below.
Original Vintage Art & Text
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Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia from the story “One Too Many Heartbreaks” in First Kiss #39, 1964.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A sick man in a leather jacket and jeans is sitting on the ground--holding an empty Easter basket. Remnants of Peeps candy are on his mouth. A disapproving woman looks on from the foreground.
MAN (moaning): URRRP!
WOMAN: Feeling sick? Serves you right for eating all your marshmallow chicks!
MAN: <Groan> Not just my chicks!
WOMAN: <gasp> You ate mine too?!!
CAPTION: Afraid to answer...he didn’t make a peep!
1960s Art: Jack Keller & Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Added Color & New Layout: Mike Pascale
Sugared-Out Writers: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Mar 24, 2024 | Blog
Here’s the first of four Easter comics that I’ll be posting this week. This one written with my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Ken Rice from the story “Too Smart for Love” in Ten-Story Love #204, Sept. 1955. Ace Magazines. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: The Easter Bunny is tired of sounding like an uncouth cottontail...and a boorish backwoods dumb bunny!
(Cruel people have even called him “hare-brained!”)
So he’s taking elocution lessons from that paragon of precise pronunciation: Eliza Do Little!
SCENE: The Easter Bunny is talking to a woman sitting at a desk.
EASTER BUNNY (singing): Randy rabbits rapidly race to rescue...rascal raccoons in Rio...from ransacking roadrunner robbers!
WOMAN: Good! Now sing it three times...backwards...while hopping...with your basket full of eggs!
1955 Art (of woman): Ken Rice Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Eggcelent Writers: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Feb 12, 2024 | Blog
More Valentine fun from Mike (Lover Boy) Pascale! One more Valentine gag to go. See you tomorrow!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Pencils by Bob Powell in the story “I Was the Loneliest Girl In School” from Hi-School Romance #3, Feb. 1950. Harvey Comics. The story starts on Page 11.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man (who looks a lot like Jimmy Olsen) and a angry woman (who sorta looks like Lois Lane) are talking.
MAN: You don’t like the Valentine candy I gave you?!!
WOMAN: You ate half! And nibbled on the rest!
MAN: But, sweetie, I only ate them...to make sure they were good enough for you!
1950 Pencils: Bob Powell Re-ink & Color: Allen Freeman
New Facial Expressions Mike Pascale
Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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