by John | May 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
My thanks to Jim Guida who wrote the hilarious dialogue for that unfortunate young lady pining away in the background. (I then came up with the cover caption in the red box.)
Over the years, Jim has contributed several gags (all great) to Last Kiss. And fortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way to stop him from coming up with more!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Al Avison from the cover of Hi-School Romance #10, August 1951. Harvey Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman and a bare-chested man are kissing on a deserted island—deserted that is except for a sad, bandaged woman who watches in the background. Further back in the distance, we see a yacht wrecked in the water.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND: Well, at least I still have my yacht.
CAPTION: After the shipwreck, Mary Ann had to choose! Would she commit…
“Murder or Ménage à Trois?”
1951 Art: Al Avison
2022 Wiseguys: Jim Guida & John Lustig
Hi-School Romance #10
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman and a bare-chested man are kissing on a deserted island---deserted that is except for a sad, bandaged woman who watches in the background. Further back in the distance, we see a yacht wrecked in the water.
WOMAN IN BACKGROUND: Well, at least I still have my yacht.
CAPTION: After the shipwreck, Mary Ann had to choose! Would she commit…
“Murder or Ménage à Trois?”
1951 Art: Al Avison
2022 Wiseguys: Jim Guida & John Lustig
Hi-School Romance #10
by John | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Make Believe” in First Kiss #7, Feb. 1959. Charlton Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman reading a newspaper.
WOMAN: Good news, Mom! We’re back in show business! The strip club is hiring again!
Happy Mother’s Day!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Professional Pole Polisher: John Lustig
7.1.4.5
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman reading a newspaper.
WOMAN: Good news, Mom! We’re back in show business! The strip club is hiring again!
Happy Mother’s Day!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Professional Pole Polisher: John Lustig
7.1.4.5
by John | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art possibly by Don Sherwood from Romantic Story #110 cover, Dec. 1970. No links this time. Sorry.
Transcript:
WOMAN: How romantic! The 50-Foot Woman has found love…
WOMAN: …with the amazing Colossal Man.
WOMAN: Quite the screamer, isn’t she?
MAN (thought): I’ve never felt so inadequate…
MAN (thought): …yet I can’t stop watching!
1970 Art: Don Sherwood? Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: How romantic! The 50-Foot Woman has found love...
WOMAN: ...with the amazing Colossal Man.
WOMAN: Quite the screamer, isn’t she?
MAN (thought): I’ve never felt so inadequate...
MAN (thought): ...yet I can’t stop watching!
1970 Art: Don Sherwood? Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
dip_LK663
by John | May 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art unattributed but probably by Vince Colletta. From the story “You Can Never Tell” in First Kiss #10, Sept. 1959. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and woman are talking in front of a body of water. (I think it’s a lake, but what the heck do I know?)
MAN: Don’t blame me! Blame all the women I’m sleeping with!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Innocent Until Proven Guilty: John Lustig
10.1.1.3
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman are talking in front of a body of water. (I think it's a lake, but what the heck do I know?)
MAN: Don’t blame me! Blame all the women I’m sleeping with!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Innocent Until Proven Guilty: John Lustig
10.1.1.3
