I’m late, late, late in reporting this, but I wanted to give a shout out to Last Kiss colorist Diego Jourdan Pereira. Diego was interviewed in depth in the February issue of The Cartoonist (the newsletter of the National Cartoonists Society.)
It’s obviously not a magazine you’re going to pick up at a 7-11, but being spotlighted in The Cartoonist is very prestigious (and very cool) in the comics community.
So how much change was he offering her for a date? A buck fifty? Fifteen cents? Sheesh!
(Art by Matt Baker from Diary Secrets #19, 1953.)
As a maid, Hazel was overpriced. But as a marriage counselor, she was a bargain!
Pencils and possibly inks by Matt Baker from the cover of True Love Pictorial #2, 1953.
The truth about men? We’re all great guys! We’ve just been misunderstood.
Of course, some of us are greater than others!
To read the actual comic book story “The Truth About Men” check out Jacque Nodell’s great romance comic book blog Sequential Crush. http://bit.ly/14W304r
I’m excited to announce that a big, bold new line of Last Kiss merchandise is launching in Scandinavia. And—to make it even more exciting—it’s all because of a 
TV show that just aired.
Here’s how it happened…
Businessman Tero Tahtonen went on the Finnish version of the “Shark Tank” TV show (“Leijonan luola” or Dragon’s Den) and wowed one of the venture capitalists on the show. Tero’s idea was to create a line of gift items featuring comic book-style images.
Anne Berner—a famous Finnish businesswoman—offered to partner with Tero. And eventually Tero and Anne selected Last Kiss for their first property.
Tero’s TV episode aired April 10, 2013 and his new company, Pop Art Funnies Finland (PAFF), just launched its new website and Facebook page.
Last Kiss fridge magnets (and a whole lot more) are in production right now.
Pencils and possibly inks by Matt Baker from Teen-Age Romances #20.
