by John | Sep 14, 2023 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text

Inked by Dick Giordano. From the story “My Foolish Heart” in First Kiss #21, July 1961.Published by Charlton. The story begins on Page 27.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman in foreground sitting on the grass. In the background, a man looks away from us, off into the distance, lost in thought.
MAN: I know I said I’d love you forever! But that was yesterday!
CAPTION: Welcome to another exciting episode of...
Brief Attention Span Romances!
1961 Inks: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
ADHD Poster Boy: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 13, 2023 | Blog
For those of you who saw my message that the Last Kiss website was under maintenance, good news. We’re finished. So the comment feature is back!
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Al Bare from the story “I Was a Snob” in Love Life #1, Nov. 1951. P.L. Publishing.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 3.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Two grande dames of society are talking. Both are wearing fur coats. One is wearing a tiara and the other is sporting a heavy bracelet and pearl necklace and is holding opera glasses.
WOMAN #1: You’re too old for romance! Act your age!
WOMAN: Oh, honey, I can act! But I absolutely refuse to be my age!
1951 Art: Al Bare Re-Create: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Too Young for This Joke: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Jack Keller (and probably story) from “Race Against Time” in Teenage Hotrodders #6, Feb. 1964. Published by Charlton.
Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 10.
↓ TranscriptPart 2 of 2
SCENE: The stern-looking editor is talking to us.
EDITOR: Since we put romance on our front page...
EDITOR: ...our circulation is up 1000%!
EDITOR: Every day, we have hundreds of classifieds ads...
EDITOR: ...from people looking for a special someone.
EDITOR: And every d*mn divorce lawyer in the city...
EDITOR: ...is running big expensive ads with us!
EDITOR: Ain’t love grand!
1964 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jul 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Love? Sex! Extra! Read all about it in this first installment of a two-parter by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Jack Keller (and probably story) from “Race Against Time” in Teenage Hotrodders #6, Feb. 1964. Published by Charlton.
Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 10.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: The editor---an angry, older man---points his finger out at us as a stunned younger man looks on from the side of the panel.
EDITOR: I’m tired of putting politics on our front pages!
EDITOR: Somewhere out there, two people are meeting cute!
EDITOR: I want that story...and I want photos!
EDITOR: We’re going to revolutionize the press!
EDITOR: Eat our dust, New York Times!
CAPTION: Oh, my! Can feel-good stories of cute, sexy romance really replace reports of perverse, partisan politics?
Find out Wednesday in our exciting conclusion!
1964 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jun 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and a woman are in their bathing suits at the beach, sitting by a fire with tall flames.
MAN (thinking): It’s so romantic being with her...on this starry night...by a roaring fire. I can almost forget she’s a mannequin...and that her knees are melting.
1954 Art: L.B. Cole Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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