by John | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m dedicating this comic to Shelagh Lustig, who married me 37 years ago on St. Patrick’s Day—even though I didn’t have a pot o’ gold. I, on the other hand, struck the motherlode when I married her. Ever since then St. Patrick’s Day has been my lucky day! Happy Anniversary, sweetie!
(My thanks to Mike Pascale for collaborating with me on another fun holiday gag.)
https://www.gocomics.com/lastkiss/2021/03/17
Artist unknown (but I suspect it’s Vince Colletta.) From the story “You Can Never Tell” in FIRST KISS #10, 1959.
Transcript:
SCENE: Wedding guests watch as a bride kisses her leprechaun groom.
MALE Wedding Guest: I hear she just wants his pot o’ gold!
FEMALE WEDDING GUEST: So that means…
MALE WEDDING GUEST: Yup! She’s a Lepre-con-
artist!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta? Color: Allen Freeman Lepre-Con Job: Mike Pascale
Writers: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
10.1.3.3
↓ TranscriptTranscript:
SCENE: Wedding guests watch as a bride kisses her leprechaun groom.
MALE Wedding Guest: I hear she just wants his pot o’ gold!
FEMALE WEDDING GUEST: So that means…
MALE WEDDING GUEST: Yup! She’s a Lepre-con-
artist!
1959 Art: Vince Colletta? Color: Allen Freeman Lepre-Con Job: Mike Pascale
Writers: Mike Pascale & John Lustig
10.1.3.3
by John | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia from the story “Castle on the Hill” in First Kiss #10, 1959.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman in nightgown brushing her hair and looking in the mirror.
WOMAN: I love
Daylight Savings time! From now on,
I’m setting my clock back every night…so I’ll
keep getting younger!
Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color: Allen Freeman
10.4.3.4
↓ TranscriptTranscript:
SCENE: Woman in nightgown brushing her hair and looking in the mirror.
WOMAN: I love
Daylight Savings time! From now on,
I’m setting my clock back every night...so I’ll
keep getting younger!
Art: Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color: Allen Freeman
10.4.3.4
by John | Mar 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
On the plus side: You didn’t just lose an hour. You traveled forward in time!
Transcript:
SCENE: Harold Lloyd is hanging (barely) onto the minute hand of a large clock that is high above a city street.
Harold: I forget. Do I spring Forward? Or Fall… back?
CAPTION: Daylight Saving Time? Don’t Fall for it!
Image: Harold Lloyd in the 1923 film, Safety Last.
New dialogue by John Lustig
Lloyd, Harold (Safety Last)_01_1923
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Harold Lloyd is hanging (barely) onto the minute hand of a large clock that is high above a city street.
Harold: I forget. Do I spring Forward? Or Fall... back?
CAPTION: Daylight Saving Time? Don’t Fall for it!
Image: Harold Lloyd in the 1923 film, Safety Last.
New dialogue by John Lustig
Lloyd, Harold (Safety Last)_01_1923
by John | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art by Bill Ward from Torchy #4, May 1950. Quality Comics.
Transcript:
SCENE: A woman in her underwear is getting dressed as she looks in the mirror.
CAPTION: The World’s Shortest Fairy Tale
WOMAN (Thinking): That girl
in the mirror can’t be me. She’s so…beautiful!
CAPTION: Overwhelmed by her own beauty, Bettie fell in love…
with herself! And so, she lived happily ever after! The End
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman in her underwear is getting dressed as she looks in the mirror.
CAPTION: The World's Shortest Fairy Tale
WOMAN (Thinking): That girl
in the mirror can’t be me. She’s so...beautiful!
CAPTION: Overwhelmed by her own beauty, Bettie fell in love...
with herself! And so, she lived happily ever after! The End
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.lk618
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by John | Mar 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art by Vince Colletta from the story “Involuntary Bride” from FIRST KISS #40, 1965.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and a woman kiss as birds high above them circle in the sky.
CAPTION: The Love Vultures
circled, waiting for the
romance to die. Surely, the couple couldn’t keep kissing! Surely their love would end! Years later, the birds
were all dead–eaten by other vultures. And the man and woman? They were still kissing!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.LK266
40.6.8.3
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and a woman kiss as birds high above them circle in the sky.
CAPTION: The Love Vultures
circled, waiting for the
romance to die. Surely, the couple couldn’t keep kissing! Surely their love would end! Years later, the birds
were all dead--eaten by other vultures. And the man and woman? They were still kissing!
1965 Art: Vince Colletta Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.LK266
40.6.8.3
