Writing a Best Seller

Writing a Best Seller

Original art by Vince Colletta Studio in First Kiss #33, 1963.

Original art by Vince Colletta Studio in First Kiss #33, 1963. Click on image to enlarge.

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SCENE: Woman talking to a man. She's sitting writing with a pen.

WOMAN: I’m writing a best seller! I don’t have a plot yet, but there’s lots of sex!

Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman

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I Am Sex Curious

I Am Sex Curious

Writers never get the girl…at first.

Original art by Vince Colletta Studio in First Kiss #16, 1960.

Original art by Vince Colletta Studio in First Kiss #16, 1960.

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SCENE: Man and woman talking.
WOMAN: I’m curious about sex! Can you recommend a book…or something?

Art: V. Colletta Studio Restoration & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Tell-All Sex Books

Tell-All Sex Books

Sooner or later most writers get asked to write a book about someone.

It’s rarely a good idea and the people who want you to write about them rarely have money.

It used to happen to me a lot when I was a reporter. Fortunately, since I started writing comics, it’s never happened.

And, honestly, if I was going to write anyone’s story, I’d write my own. But so far I haven’t offered myself enough money. And offering sex is pointless.

I’m already sleeping with myself..

 

 

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SCENE: Man talking to a woman holding a cocktail glass.

MAN: Let’s have an affair! Then you can write a tell-all book about me!

Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia

Restoration & color: Diego Jourdan Pereira

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Sex Ed Final Exam

Sex Ed Final Exam

And here’s the original 1960s romance art. The text is almost certainly by Joe Gill.

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SCENE: Young woman studying at a desk.

TITLE OF BOOK #1: Human Sexuality 102

TITLE OF BOOK #2: Bizarre Sex

WOMAN: I choked on the last sex ed test! But I won’t blow the oral exam!

Art by Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani

Color by Allen Freeman

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Enjoying Life to the Max?

Enjoying Life to the Max?

The original art (see below) for this gag comes from “My Secret” in First Kiss #27; It features a girl (the blonde in the panel below) who appears to be much older than her real age—14.

Things quickly spin out of control when she skips a couple of grades and ends up in a relationship which is clearly too mature for a 14-year-old!

Note for Giordano Fans:

Unfortunately, Charlton’s photostat for this panel was so poor that it was unusable. So I ended up scanning from the printed comic book.

Consequently, some of Dick Giordano’s fine line work was lost and had to be touched up here and there by my-gotta-get-it-done-now, but-definitely-not-an-artist last choice: me.

This is something I try to avoid, but sometimes happens when lines drop out and deadlines loom.

So you’re not getting pure Giordano here—which is a pity because Dick was my favorite Charlton romance artist.

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SCENE: Young teen-age girl talking to two friends.

GIRL: I want to enjoy life fully! So marriage and kids will have to wait…’til I’m at least 16!

Art by Dick Giordano