Kansas City, Mo. and Seattle, Wa. (May 13, 2010) – Last Kiss creator John Lustig is paying tribute to comics legend Dick Giordano with a special three-week sequence of his Last Kiss webcomic.

Starting May 17, the series will begin appearing six times a week instead of the usual three at both GoComics.com/lastkiss and lastkisscomic.com. Instead of his regular one-panel gags, Lustig will feature a multi-episode Last Kiss story which he and Giordano created together, entitled “Widow Miss Muffet.”

The “Widow” storyline will appear Monday through Friday. On Sundays, Last Kiss will feature special, standalone comics unrelated to “Widow,” but featuring Giordano art. The “Widow” story will wrap up on June 4.

“Dick drew ‘Widow’ for my Last Kiss comic book series and it hasn’t been reprinted since it appeared in 2001,” said Lustig. “For Dick it was a chance to have fun—returning to his romance comic roots. And it was a funny romance story—which I think was a first for him.

“It’s the story of a little girl who wants to grow up and become a rich widow. Of course, things don’t go quite as planned.”
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Wanna read many of the world’s best comics online for free? With unlimited access going back years, sometimes even decades? You’re in luck.

On Valentine’s Day, GoComics announced that it’s giving readers 14 days of free “unlimited access to our archives!”

This is your chance to go back and enjoy modern classics like Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury, FoxTrot and The Boondocks, or newer hits like Last Kiss, Lio, and Cul de Sac!

Since my last post, I’ve been getting questions about GoComics–specifically about how to vote for Last Kiss on the site. Sorry for the confusion. Apparently you have to sign up and log in to GoComics to be able to vote. Basic membership is free. If you’re feeling flush, Pro membership costs $11.95 a year and gives you unlimited access to the full archives of all the comics titles on the site–plus ad-free pages and customized comic pages delivered via e-mail.

Once you’re a member and logged in it’s easy to select your favorite comic.  Just click on the star above the Last Kiss comic (or whichever comic you like.) Each day you can vote for a new favorite.

And, yes, it really does make a difference. Popular comics tend to stick around!

This is an odd time to be talking about Last Kiss. In about an hour, it’ll be Tuesday. A few hours after that we’ll have a new president—and possibly a new world. But right now it’s still Monday, Jan. 19, and, gosh—I entered a new world of my own today.

This morning Last Kiss joined big, syndicated comics like Ziggy and Garfield as a regular feature on uclick’s GoComics.com site. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Last Kiss will update and be archived on the site.  World-wide distribution via mobile phones is also coming—soon. Syndication to other websites? That’s happening too through GoComics.

I’ll still be sending comics to everyone on my mailing list—now three times a week—but I hope you’ll check out GoComics. Leave a comment. Vote for Last Kiss as your favorite comic of the day.

I won’t beg. But I’ll sulk if you don’t.

Let’s see what else? Oh, yeah. About an hour ago, web master extraordinaire finished the first phase of a major remodel on www.LastKissComics.com. And I’ve got a blog now. So I can get into all kinds of new trouble!

More news and comics on Wednesday. Now go watch the inauguration!

Love & Last Kisses,
John