by John | Mar 17, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story Love’s Lovely Mirage” in First Kiss #36, Feb. 1964. Charlton Comics. The story begins on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman are about to kiss. Behind them is a starry night sky.
MAN: I wonder if there's intelligent life in the universe...
WOMAN: Other than me and you? I doubt it!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Character Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Alien Intelligence: John Lustig
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by John | Mar 16, 2024 | Blog
Answers to Questions No One Has Asked Yet—But Will!
Q: Did you really wear Groucho glasses on your wedding day.
A: Yes, but only after the ceremony when we wanted to look cool.
Q: Why did you get married on St. Patrick’s Day?
A: Shelagh’s family is Irish (via Scotland and Canada,) And it seemed like a lucky date. (Plus, I had a green tie that I’d been wanting to wear.)
Q: How did you meet?
A: After my mom had cancer surgery, Shelagh was one of my mother’s nurses. I met Shelagh when she was on duty the night before my mother was discharged. I wanted to see Shelagh again so, I looked her up in the phone book (remember those?) and asked her out. A few weeks later I proposed. And she’s been stuck with me ever since.
↓ TranscriptSCENE A bride (Shelagh Lustig) and a groom (John Lustig) are wearing Groucho Marx glasses, noses and mustaches on their wedding day.
SHELAGH: I love a man with a good sense of humor!
JOHN: Really? is he anyone I know?
Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary
to my muse & partner in matrimonial mischief:
Shelagh Boroughs Lustig
(And Happy St. Patrick’s Day
to everyone else.)
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by John | Mar 14, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Dick Giordano from the story “The Serious Type” in First Kiss #13, March 1960. Charlton Comics. The story beings on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman side-eyes a leprechaun in the background.
WOMAN (thinking): Sure he’s King of the Leprechauns tonight! But tomorrow he’ll just be Rory O’Hara, King of Burgers!
1960 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman & Mike Pascale
Leprechaun Transformation: Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Jennifer M. Contino
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by John | Mar 12, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Alberta Tewks from the story “Private Affair” in All True Romance #19, Sept. 1954. Comic Media. The story begins on Page 19.
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↓ TranscriptBEAUTIFUL WOMAN: I’m not irish! Do you mind?
LEPRECHAUN: No, Lass! When it comes to women…I’m broadminded!
1954 Art: Alberta Tewks Color: Pereira & Pascale
Leprechaun Transformation: Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Jennifer M. Contino & John Lustig
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by John | Mar 10, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Gay Deception” in First Kiss #8, 1959. Charlton. The story begins on Page 3.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A leprechaun is facing away from us as it talks to a beautiful, young woman.
LEPRECHAUN: Good things come in small packages, lassie! He fooled me with that line last month—-dressed as Cupid! But he’s so cute! Maybe he won’t sleep with my sister this time!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Freeman & Pascale
Leprechaun Transformation: Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Jennifer M. Contino & John Lustig
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