by John | Oct 26, 2017 |
A big thanks and a (virgin) Bloody Mary to my buddy Mike Pascale for the sharp-toothed art modifications and basic idea for this gag.
On Sunday night, I’ll be posting another Halloween collaboration I did with Mike. So stay tuned, kids—same vampire bat time, same vampire bat channel!
Artist unknown. From FIRST LOVE ILLUSTRATED #52, 1955.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A flight attendant/stewardess is holding a tray of food and looks nervous as a vampire guy behind her looks like he's about to bite her.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: So, uh...coffee, teA, or <gulp!> me?
1955 Artist unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Director of Vampire Dental Care: Mike Pascale
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Artist unknown. From FIRST LOVE ILLUSTRATED #52, 1955.
by John | Oct 16, 2016 |
Artist unknown. (But possibly Vince Colletta had a hand in the art.) From the story “The Time of Decision” from BRIDES IN LOVE #9, 1958.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Pilot embracing a woman.
PILOT: Welcome to First Class!
WOMAN: I'll never fly coach again!
1958 Artist Unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jul 26, 2016 |
Art by Vince Colletta from the story “Lucky Liz” in FIRST KISS #9, 1959.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman walking away from a plane at the airport.
WOMAN: If life’s a journey, I want a window seat…and free cocktails!
1957 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Allen Freeman
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by John | Feb 9, 2016 |
Art by Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani from the story “Love Among the Stars” in FIRST KISS #15, 1960. Click image to enlarge.
↓ Transcript PANEL 1, SCENE: Flight Attendant Jill and Captain Jack are talking inside the plane.
CAPTION: Jack was persistent, though! During the flight, he rushed out of the cockpit and cornered me...at a crucial moment!
JILL: But...people are eating! I've got to hand out the barf bags before it's too late!
JACK: Let 'em use their carry on bags!
PANEL 2, SCENE: Jack and Jill are arguing as a passenger looks on.
JACK: I've got to know now! Will you be my Valentine?
JILL: Wake up and smell the coffee, Fly Boy! I can't be anyone's Valentine---not the way I cook!
PANEL 3, SCENE: Passenger asks Jill something.
PASSENGER: Stewardess, how about a gin and tonic?
JILL: Sure, I could use a drink!
PANEL 4, SCENE: Jill and Jack are talking again.
CAPTION: "I was sure Jack had given up, but later in the flight I learned how wrong I was!"
JILL: Y-y-you ate one of the meals I served? On purpose?
JACK: I love you, Jill! To prove it...I even had a second helping!
PANEL 5, SCENE: Jack and Jill talk.
JILL: Oh, Jack! Even the...Brussels sprouts?
JACK: Sure! <Burp!> Can't you tell?
1960 ART: Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani Color by John Lustig
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by John | Feb 7, 2016 |
Click image to enlarge. Art by Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani from the story “Love Among the Stars” in FIRST KISS #15, 1960.
This story first appeared in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1371, the 2000 Valentine’s Day edition. And, quite frankly, it revolutionized Last Kiss. Without it, I doubt there’d still be a Last Kiss today.
Last Kiss debuted in 1996 in the pages of Comics Buyer’s Guide. It ran haphazardly as an occasional feature using romance comic book covers that I rewrote—allegedly to make them funnier than the originals.
These faux covers ran through 1998. Then I got busy and moved on to other things—forever, I thought.
But in the summer of 1999, I ran into CBG editor John Jackson Miller and—to my surprise—found myself asking if he’d like a Last Kiss feature for the paper’s next Valentine’s Day issue. John said, “Yes.” So I whipped up this story. And Last Kiss was back in business.
The story along with the cover I created were so well-received that Last Kiss was offered a spot as a regular multi-panel feature…which I continued doing until CBG folded in 2013. But by then, Last Kiss had found a new and much bigger audience here and on other sites such as GoComics.
↓ TranscriptPAGE 1, PANEL 1, SCENE: A male pilot and a female flight attendant are talking outside a commercial jet.
TITLE: I WAS a Barf Bag Valentine
CAPTAIN JACK: Give up, Jill! It's Valentine's Day! And I'm so handsome I even turn myself on! Do yourself a favor...and kiss me!
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Jack, how sweet! I don't know what to say except...
PAGE 1, PANEL 2, SCENE: Jill and Jack continue talking.
JILL: I'd rather run naked...covered in honey...through a swarm of bees.
JACK: Gosh! Who wouldn't? Maybe we can go together sometime!
PAGE 1, PANEL 3, SCENE: Jill is alone.
CAPTION: "Then he handed me a Valentine...the big lug! I trembled as I read the card, but I refused to fall in love again! I couldn't take the chance!"
JILL: Men are all alike! Sooner or later...Jack would want more than just wild passion and cheap thrills! He'd expect me to...cook for him!
1960 ART: Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani Color by John Lustig
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