by John | Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Happy Halloween from me and Mike (“I’ve got the munchies!”) Pascale.
Art by Lee Elias from Witches Tales #8, 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE: The Grim Reaper—appearing as a skeleton clothed in a hooded robe and carrying a scythe—confronts a frightened woman in a grave yard. She’s tied to a large tombstone. Other living skeletons cavort around them.
GRIM REAPER: Mortal,
you committed the ultimate Halloween SIN! You gave out Candy Corn!
WOMAN: I had to! nobody would eat Candy Broccoli!
SKELETON: Watta Corny joke!
1952 Art: Lee Elias From the cover of Witches Tales #8
Tasty Text: Mike (Mounds) Pascale & John (Junior Mints) Lustig
↓ TranscriptSCENE: The Grim Reaper---appearing as a skeleton clothed in a hooded robe and carrying a scythe---confronts a frightened woman in a grave yard. She's tied to a large tombstone. Other living skeletons cavort around them.
GRIM REAPER: Mortal,
you committed the ultimate Halloween SIN! You gave out Candy Corn!
WOMAN: I had to! nobody would eat Candy Broccoli!
SKELETON: Watta Corny joke!
1952 Art: Lee Elias From the cover of Witches Tales #8
Tasty Text: Mike (Mounds) Pascale & John (Junior Mints) Lustig
by John | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Artist unknown. From Witches Tales #27, 1954.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Viewpoint from a man being buried alive. All we see of him are his hands. Another man is shoveling in dirt on top of the first man.
MAN BEING BURIED: Wait! I was just kidding! I didn’t sleep with your wife! And, if I did, it was just once...or maybe twice!
1954 Artist Unknown From the cover of Witches Tales #27
by John | Oct 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Art by Edvard Moritz from Adventures Into The Unknown #1, 1948.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man and woman standing in front of an dilapidated and spooky hotel—one door off it’s hinges.
SIGN #1: Monster Manor
Over 1 Million Souls Served…with Relish!
SIGN #2: Vacancy
MAN: Give it a chance! I got a killer deal on our room! Plus, all the beds vibrate!
WOMAN: They have magic fingers™?
MAN: More like Magic Claws!
1948 Art: Edvard Moritz From the cover of Adventures Into The Unknown #1
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman standing in front of an dilapidated and spooky hotel---one door off it's hinges.
SIGN #1: Monster Manor
Over 1 Million Souls Served...with Relish!
SIGN #2: Vacancy
MAN: Give it a chance! I got a killer deal on our room! Plus, all the beds vibrate!
WOMAN: They have magic fingers™?
MAN: More like Magic Claws!
1948 Art: Edvard Moritz From the cover of Adventures Into The Unknown #1
by John | Oct 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Special thanks for today’s comic treat to devil-may-care Mike Pascale!
Artist Unknown. From the story “Bachelor’s Farewell” in FIRST KISS #7, 1959.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Blonde woman talking to a guy in a devil costume.
WOMAN: My costume? I’m a nymphomaniac!
Artist Unknown Devilish Charm & Color: Mike Pascale
©2014 Last Kiss Inc
Image code: 7.5.2.4
by John | Oct 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today and tomorrow I’m re-running some horror and Halloween-themed comics I’ve done with my pal Mike Pascale. I’ll be running all-new gags Monday through Halloween.
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Love Thief” in First Kiss #37, 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: Vampire woman scene from the back is brushing her hair while looking into a mirror. The mirror shows the hairbrush, but not the vampire.
SCENE: Adult female vampire brushing her hair as she looks in the mirror. In the mirror’s image, we only see the brush—not the vampire.
VAMPIRE: This is why vampires never get new hairdos!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio New Color: Allen Freeman Vampire SPX & Hair-Raising Humor: Mike Pascale
Art Code: 37.3.2.5
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Vampire woman scene from the back is brushing her hair while looking into a mirror. The mirror shows the hairbrush, but not the vampire.
SCENE: Adult female vampire brushing her hair as she looks in the mirror. In the mirror's image, we only see the brush---not the vampire.
VAMPIRE: This is why vampires never get new hairdos!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio New Color: Allen Freeman Vampire SPX & Hair-Raising Humor: Mike Pascale
Art Code: 37.3.2.5
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story "The Love Thief" in First Kiss #37, 1964.
