After I posted yesterday’s gag about a strip club with parody lyrics (“There’s No Business Like Bare-ly Show Business”), I received an e-mail from my pal cartoonist Kevin Boze who came up with some great lyrics of his own. With his permission, here they are:

MEN’S CHORUS:
The bouncers, the colored lights, the panties, the tops
The audience that stares at you and sighs

WOMEN’S CHORUS:
The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops (NOTE:  This was just too good a line to change)
The feeling when you make their winkies rise

MEN’S CHORUS:
Excitement when the tipping comes apace

WOMEN’S CHORUS:
The downer when your stripper shoes unlace

ALLS:
There’s no business like ho business
Like no business I know

MEN’S CHORUS:
Every man looks on that stage adoring

WOMEN’S CHORUS:
Sweating but you’re trying to stay cool

MEN’S CHORUS:
No where could you dance and keep on whoring

ALL:
While you’re ignoring that four-foot rule
They’re hip people, those strip people
They’re swinging on the pole

MEN’S CHORUS:
Yesterday you barely could fill out some B’s

WOMEN’S CHORUS:
That night you really wanted to tease

MEN’S CHORUS:
Next day you are showing off your double-D’s

ALL:
Let’s go on with the show
Let’s go on with the show

Last Kiss art is unofficially endorsed by Superman--both of them--at Comic-Con.

I had a super time at Comic-Con International. In fact, from a professional standpoint, it was easily my best show ever!

Nothing is ever a done deal until you’ve signed the contracts and cashed the checks, but I had some incredibly encouraging talks with editors and publishers. I’ll know more in a few weeks, but frankly–short of shoving money into my hands–I couldn’t have gotten a better response from the editors I talked to.

L to R: Me, Stasia Kato, and Kevin Boze at the Last Kiss/Virgin Project table.

Actually, I did have a lot of people shoving lots of money into my hands back at the Last Kiss table. Despite the economy, sales were extremely good. My two biggest sellers were the Last Kiss tote bags (see below) and the unmatted Last Kiss art prints.

My table mates and friends Kevin Boze and Stasia Kato were both delighted and dismayed to sell every single copy of their books, The Virgin Project & The Virgin Project 2 by early Sunday. (Next time they’ll bring a lot more.)

New Last Kiss fan Steampunk Rogue (Tanya Cyr) clearly needs "something" extra to make her costume work.

Ahh! Problem solved. Tanya shows off her new Last Kiss tote bag.

More to come when I’ve got a bit more time…