Above is the original romance art from First Kiss #26 (Click to enlarge.) that I used for my gag “Smooch Emergency.”
I had Allen Freeman draw in the bottom right of the Last Kiss version. The space was originally take up by the second panel of the story—which delivers a double-dose of heartache.
Oh, man. I hate when one of my siblings marries my sweetheart!
Roy Thomas’s Alter Ego magazine is always a great read. But the current issue (#106) is a tribute to the late and very great comics artist/editor Dick Giordano. Download preview here.
It’s a must read if you’re…
—a Giordano fan.
—a Charlton Comics fan.
—a Last Kiss fan with a keen curiosity.
In addition to being my favorite artist from Charlton’s First Kiss (the source material for much of Last Kiss), Dick Giordano was Charlton’s editor for several years in the 1960s. More importantly he acted as mentor and occasional cheerleader to me after I started Last Kiss.
The issue features transcriptions from two comic conventions panels. The first a very entertaining 2009 panel about Charlton Comics featuring Giordano, Roy Thomas and Steve Skeates. The second from the Giordano Tribute panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con–featuring comic luminaries Mark Evanier, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein, Pau Levitz, Pat Bastienne and numerous others. (I must admit I was one of the others.)
This is a great issue about one of comic’s best-loved and most influential artists/editors. Dick was one of the kindest and most inspiring people I’ve ever worked with. I strongly recommend this issue!!
My sister Lisa (left) and my mom (right) were travel agents together. Here they are a lifetime ago during a trip to Peru.
My mom (Nina Lustig) always had a plan. She was determined to do things her own way. And in her own time.
For instance, she went in for a mastectomy even though it seemed hopeless. Her doctors told her she had only three months to live. They were only off by…29 years.
On the morning of Jan. 13, 2012 (Friday the 13th) she finally lost her battle with the Big C. But she didn’t give up without a world-class, kick-death-in-the-teeth fight.
She was an incredibly tough and private woman. (And I wouldn’t even dare tell you that much if she was still with us.)
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Comics writer & pop culture author Danny Fingeroth is speaking about his new book The Stan Lee Universe in Seattle’s University District on Jan. 7 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Details here.
Through Jan. 1 2012, NobleWorks is having a post-Christmas sale on all its Christmas cards. Discounts range from 40-60 percent off.
–Buy at least $30 of cards and you get 40 percent off with the coupon code: REGIFT40
–Buy at least $60 of cards and you get 50 percent off with the coupon code: REGIFT50
–Buy at least $120 of cards and you get 60 percent off with the coupon code: REGIFT60
Last Kiss Christmas cards:
Order by the dozen for best discount. Minimum order $30. Free shipping.
Although I spend most of my time doing Last Kiss, I still write an occasional Disney comic. The latest is something special. The first seven pages of “The Duck Who Came to Dinner” was scripted decades ago by the late and very great Carl Barks.
I purchased the unpublished manuscript several years ago during an eBay auction that was held on behalf of the Barks Estate. My publisher Egmont (Disney’s main comics licensee for northern Europe) gave me the go-ahead to write the remaining three pages of the 10-page Uncle Scrooge story.
