by John | Oct 20, 2024 | Blog
Hey, everyone. Oct. 22 is the birthday of Last Kiss colorist Diego Jourdan Pereira! Anyone want to wish him a happy BD here? If so, I’ll make sure that he sees this page!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Iger Studios from the cover (& a splash page) in Ghost Comics #2, 1952. Fiction House.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Alarmed woman getting out of bed in a dark room. She's holding a lit candle.
WOMAN: Jeepers Peepers! More ghosts! And all of ‘em male...again! I wonder why...I only see them in my bedroom?And why aren’t any of them wearing anything......but grins?
1952 Art: Iger Studios New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
If there's something strange in your neighbhood...
Who ya gonna call? John Lustig!
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by John | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog
Happy Labor Day from me and my frequent partner in hilarity Mike Pascale.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Gay Deception” in First Kiss #8, 1959.
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN #1: My Labor Day party will have beer, burgers, buns and wieners!
WOMAN #2: Buns and…wieners? You mean…
WOMAN #1: Yup! Male strippers from... Big Bob’s Sausage Bar!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio New Color: Allen Freeman & Mike Pascale
Bouncers: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog
My thanks to my pal Jennifer M. Contino for the gag. And–although I messed up and didn’t get it into the credits elsewhere–obviously Diego drew a new cat for the Last Kiss version of the panel. Thanks, Diego.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
by John | Jul 3, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young boy (Buddy) is on the shoulders of Uncle Sam waving as he and Uncle Sam smile at readers.
UNCLE SAM: Happy Independence Day!
1942 Art Attributed to Lou Fine New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Background adapted from Mike Enerio’s Unsplash photo
In Charge of Sparklers: John Lustig
National Comics #19 Cover
by John | Jun 18, 2024 | Blog
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young African-American woman looking up at a night sky.
CAPTION: History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
--Maya Angelou
Image modified from aphoto by Jessica Felicio
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