The Birds

The Birds

I’m dedicating this one to Bob Cumbow—my good friend, my great lawyer and my Alfred Hitchcock guru extraordinaire!

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.

Transcript:

Scene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.

CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!

CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed…

CAPTION: …ready to dump on his head.

CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.

1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella

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Scene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.

CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!

CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed...

CAPTION: ...ready to dump on his head.

CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.

1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella

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KissAndRun7.7

Fabulously Rich

Fabulously Rich

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Mike Sekowsky from the story “I Need Your Love” in New Romances #16, 1953.

 

 

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Woman talking to a man.

WOMAN: I love that we have so much in common! You’re fabulously rich! And I’m fabulous and want to be rich!

1953 Art: Mike Sekowsky
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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SCENE: Woman talking to a man.

WOMAN: I love that we have so much in common! You’re fabulously rich! And I’m fabulous and want to be rich!

1953 Art: Mike Sekowsky
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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New Romance 16.8_5

Are You Ready for Date Night?

Are You Ready for Date Night?

Dialogue by Tony (always-ready-for-date-night) Isabella. Read about Tony’s approach to writing Last Kiss here.

Color & special effects by Diego Jourdan Pereira. In addition to working as an artist for a zillion comic book companies, Diego has a thriving career as an author of trivia and puzzle books.

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Alex Blum & Matt Baker from the Hooks Devlin story in Fight Comics #39, Aug. 1945. Published by Fiction House.

 

Transcript:

Scene: Woman in a slinky, low-cut dress is holding a gun and looking intently into a somewhat foggy background.

CAPTION: Katrina spent hours getting ready. New hairstyle. Perfect makeup. Sexy dress. Shaved legs and pits. He never showed. That’s when she vowed…He’d never forget Date Night again!

1945 Art: Alex Blum & Matt Baker Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella

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Scene: Woman in a slinky, low-cut dress is holding a gun and looking intently into a somewhat foggy background.

CAPTION: Katrina spent hours getting ready. New hairstyle. Perfect makeup. Sexy dress. Shaved legs and pits. He never showed. That’s when she vowed...He’d never forget Date Night again!

1945 Art: Alex Blum & Matt Baker Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella

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