by John | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Hi. No coloring credit this time because I just scanned a print of the original comic and adjusted the color and the art myself. I’ll be using this approach for several of the other Halloween-themed comics coming up. I hope you like the results! —John
1954 Art: Lee Elias From the cover of Witches Tales #23.
↓ TranscriptTRANSCRIPTION:
SCENE: Crazed-looking old man who is wearing a white human uniform (doctor or mortician) is adjusting the hair or wig of a skeleton. The skeleton is smoking a cigarette and admiring himself as he looks into a hand mirror.
CRAZY OLD MAN: Hey, if it works for Trump, it’ll work for you!
SKELETON: Let's make Halloween great again!
1954 Art: Lee Elais From the cover of Witches Tales #23
by John | Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
No original art this time since this image is a composite taken from different romance comic panels.
Transcription:
OLD MAN: I’m not so old! I still have my own teeth!
WOMAN: I know! Too bad they’re all in a jar!
Art: Blend of Vintage Comic Panels Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk134-DJP.lk249Flat400
↓ TranscriptOLD MAN: I’m not so old! I still have my own teeth!
WOMAN: I know! Too bad they’re all in a jar!
Art: Blend of Vintage Comic Panels Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk134-DJP.lk249Flat400
by John | Oct 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Artist unknown, but may be Matt Baker. From the story “Second Best Beau” in Hi-School Romance #75, Nov. 1958.
↓ TranscriptWOMAN: When we kiss, I finally feel like a real woman!
MAN: Me too!
1958 Artist unknown, but might be Matt Baker
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk470
by John | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
1958 Inks by Vince Colletta from the story “His Face Before Me” in Romance Stories of True Love #51. (Pencils may be by Matt Baker or Colletta.)
Scan of the original art.
Transcription:
WOMAN: Now that I know you, I don’t want to date other men!
MAN: Oh, no! I’ve turned another woman gay!
1958 Inks: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk463
↓ TranscriptWOMAN: Now that I know you, I don’t want to date other men!
MAN: Oh, no! I’ve turned another woman gay!
1958 Inks: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk463
by John | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
When it comes to proposals, he’s pennywise and pound (cake) foolish!
In regard to the original comic panel (below,), the guy’s missing mouth is odd, but that’s clearly a printing error. (The mouth is there in the black and white photostat of the art as it was originally drawn.)
But what flummoxes me is the half-empty caption box that’s floating in the art. I’ve never seen a caption box before with so much empty space., Obviously, more text was planned for that spot. Normally, text was lettered—or in Charlton’s case, typed with a giant typewriter—right on the original art. But it’s possible that extra text was planned for this caption, then pasted on and simply fell off before printing. Or maybe someone forgot to add it. This is the type of oddity that makes Charlton Comics so maddening—and fascinating.
Art possibly by the Vince Colletta Studio. From the story “The Right Love” in First Kiss #34, 1963.
Scan from black & white original art for First Kiss #34.
Transcription:
SCENE: Man sitting in a restaurant looks at a waitress walking by.
MAN (thinking): I’ll propose! I hope she says “yes!” Then I won’t have to tip her!
1963 Art: Possibly the Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan
Art Code: DJP.lk386
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man sitting in a restaurant looks at a waitress walking by.
MAN (thinking): I’ll propose! I hope she says “yes!” Then I won’t have to tip her!
1963 Art: Possibly the Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan
Art Code: DJP.lk386
