by John | Apr 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story Love’s Lovely Mirage” in FIRST KISS #36, 1964. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Doctor talking to a woman patient.
WOMAN: B-butI like… everyone!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Medical Malpractice Insurance: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Doctor talking to a woman patient.
WOMAN: B-butI like... everyone!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Medical Malpractice Insurance: John Lustig
36.1.8.2
by John | Apr 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano from the story “My Heart Soared” in First Kiss #28, Oct. 1962. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Smiling female flight attendant/stewardess is serving coffee and muffins to the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Fresh coffee! Fresh muffins! Fresh…me!
PILOT (singing song to himself in his head): Do you know The Muffin Man? The Muffin Man? The…
1962 Art: Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Smiling female flight attendant/stewardess is serving coffee and muffins to the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Fresh coffee! Fresh muffins! Fresh...me!
PILOT (singing song to himself in his head): Do you know The Muffin Man? The Muffin Man? The...
1962 Art: Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
28.2.1.1
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by John | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Steve Ditko from “The Man Who Saw Again” in Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #8, July 1958. Charlton Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man with eyes very wide open and hand (with fingers apart) reaching towards readers.
MAN: See? I told you! marijuana doesn’t affect me at all! Hey, look! My fingers are naked! Wow! so sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
CAPTION: 1958 Art: Steve Ditko New Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man with eyes very wide open and hand (with fingers apart) reaching towards readers.
MAN: See? I told you! marijuana doesn’t affect me at all! Hey, look! My fingers are naked! Wow! so sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
CAPTION: 1958 Art: Steve Ditko New Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Apr 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Happy Tax Day—courtesy of Mike Pascale and me.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta from the story “Involuntary Bride” from FIRST KISS #40, 1965. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
MAN: Your CPA called! Your taxes are due…today!
WOMAN (hand to forehead as if she has a headache): <Groan!>CPA must stand for Constant Pain in the A**!
CAPTION: **Rhymes with “Class!” But we’re too classy to say it!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Taxing Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptMAN: Your CPA called! Your taxes are due...today!
WOMAN (hand to forehead as if she has a headache): <Groan!>CPA must stand for Constant Pain in the A**!
CAPTION: **Rhymes with “Class!” But we’re too classy to say it!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Taxing Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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by John | Apr 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Happy Easter!
Big thanks–even bigger than these monster eggs—to Mike Pascale for the great gag and visual changes to the original art. Now hop to it and think of some more gag, Mr. Pascale. (I’m paying you in Peeps®, of course!)
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art unattributed but possibly 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 mother in (an Easter?) dress is with a young girl and boy looking towards a house with at least three giant Easter eggs on the lawn. A pair of bunny rabbits look on.
MOM: Kids, you’re going to need bigger easter baskets!
BUNNY RABBITS: Mrs. Godzilla is such a show-off!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Eggcellent Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A mother in (an Easter?) dress is with a young girl and boy looking towards a house with at least three giant Easter eggs on the lawn. A pair of bunny rabbits look on.
MOM: Kids, you’re going to need bigger easter baskets!
BUNNY RABBITS: Mrs. Godzilla is such a show-off!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio? Color: Allen Freeman
Eggcellent Humor: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
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