by John | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog
I don’t normally do book reviews. But there’s very little—if anything—normal about Craig Yoe’s Captain LOL + Rubber Chicken: Har-Har!
(Full disclosure: Craig’s a friend and sent me a copy of the book. But that didn’t influence my review. Because it takes more than that to bribe me. At least $1.50 more.)
At first glance Captain LOL appears to be aimed squarely at kids. It’s full of puns, fart jokes and “dad jokes.” But as the copyright page states, “This book is for kids + immature adults only!”
At last! A book for those of us who never left childhood!
The book is many things at once: Yes, it’s set up as a joke-a-page book. (Most jokes were submitted to Craig by kids. And I love that each child is credited in the book.)
But it also functions somewhat as a graphic novel–illustrated by Craig in his wildly unique cartoon style. He fills each page with an insane amount of visual humor and running jokes. Plus bit of trivia related to the jokes. And…
Well, I’d be wholly amiss if I didn’t mention that every page of the book has an actual hole in it. Craig digs deep and uses “the hole” to create hole-related humor. (I think Craig has invented a new form of humor with this. If so, he has the whole hole field to himself.)
In short, the book is a hole-y experience, wildly inventive and I recommend it highly!
by John | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog
I apologize to everyone who came to see me and didn’t at the San Diego Comic-Con.
I take my signing times seriously and I love meeting my readers. Unfortunately I was sick almost the entire con. Some days I barely got out of bed.
Hopefully, I’ll be back next year and things will go much, much better!
by John | Jul 16, 2025 | Blog
If you’re going to Comic-Con International (San Diego) I’d love it if you stop by Prism Comics’s Booth 2144. I’ll be there signing, selling, soliloquizing–but not singing–every day at the following hours along with other special guests:
Wednesday, July 23
7 – 8 pm – Jessie Ledina, John Lustig
Thursday, July 24
11 am – 12 pm – Alison Bechdel, John Lustig
Friday, July 25
12 – 1 pm – Tilly Bridges, John Lustig
Saturday, July 26
1 – 2 pm – Jon Macy, Josh Trujillo, John Lustig
Sunday, July 27
3 – 4 pm – John Lustig
by John | Feb 14, 2025 | Blog
For Valentine’s Day, Forbes magazine’s Rob Salkowitz interviewed me about classic romance comics and included some mentions and art from Last Kiss.
—John Lustig
by John | Aug 28, 2024 | Blog
When I was attending the University of Washington decades (and decades) ago, there were a lot of squirrels on campus. I think people used to feed them because they certainly weren’t afraid of humans. I stopped to look at one years ago and the varmint suddenly ran up my pants–the outside of my pants, not inside them thank heavens!–and my shirt and sat on my shoulder. Totally freaked me out.
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I froze and stayed perfectly still until he got bored and scampered back down.
I froze and stayed perfectly still until he got bored and scampered back down.
My feelings about squirrels has never been the same since then.
by John | Jul 21, 2024 | Blog
Comic-Con Announcement
Yippee! I’m attending this week’s San Diego Comic-Con after all.
Plus my friend Spencer Brinkerhoff III has graciously offered me space at his Booth #5560. (It’s a corner booth right by the doors between F & G Hall on the first floor–near Artist Alley.)
I’m bringing some Last Kiss goodies as well as a few of the Last Kiss, Marvel & Disney comics I’ve written. But my main reason for being there is to meet readers and fans. So, please come by and say, “Howdy!”
(I’ll announce more details as I know them.)
