by John | Dec 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yes, this is the third Tony Isabella gag I’ve used in a row! Not enough Tony for you? On Wednesday let’s make it four!
Art by Dick Giordano from Secrets of Young Brides #37, 1963. (Scanned from a photostat of the original black & white line art.)
Transcript:
SCENE: In the foreground, U.S. dollar bills of various denominations fly through the air. In the background, a man speaks angrily to a woman.
MAN: Are you insane? You sold my comic-book collection and this was all you got? Those comics were worth millions! Thousands! Hundreds! I’m just going to go to the comic shop, okay?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: In the foreground, U.S. dollar bills of various denominations fly through the air. In the background, a man speaks angrily to a woman.
MAN: Are you insane? You sold my comic-book collection and this was all you got? Those comics were worth millions! Thousands! Hundreds! I'm just going to go to the comic shop, okay?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
DJP.lk605 Secrets of Young Brides #37
by John | Dec 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
A pulsating parable of pen-itentiary pals by prisoner of pun Tony Isabella.
Original Art:
Pencils by Matt Baker from Journey Into Fear #1, May 1951.
Transcript:
Scene: A male prisoner is carrying an unconscious woman in his arms and away from a large building (a prison?) in the background.
MAN (thinking): I saved the warden from the riot and got her to safety! But even if this wins me parole…I’ll never be free! I’m a prisoner of love!
CAPTION: It was always just a matter of time before Tony’s love of Mel Brooks would get “Last Kiss” into legal trouble.
1951 Pencils: Mat Baker
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptScene: A male prisoner is carrying an unconscious woman in his arms and away from a large building (a prison?) in the background.
MAN (thinking): I saved the warden from the riot and got her to safety! But even if this wins me parole...I’ll never be free! I’m a prisoner of love!
CAPTION: It was always just a matter of time before Tony’s love of Mel Brooks would get “Last Kiss” into legal trouble.
1951 Pencils: Mat Baker
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
DJP.lk616 Journey Into Fear 1_10
by John | Dec 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Okay. I’ll admit it. I’ve given Tony Isabella permission to write about my sex life.
I think Tony’s doing a bang up job so far. And remember—it’s all true. Except for the parts we made up.
Original Art:
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952. (Scanned from the original black & white line art.)
Transcript:
SCENE: Man in foreground seems oblivious as three women talk about him in the background.
WOMAN #1: It’s settled! I get him Monday and Wednesday while Pepper gets him Tuesday and Thursday.
WOMAN #2: And I get him on Friday and Saturday.
WOMAN #3: Why do you get him two nights in a row?
WOMAN #2: Because after two nights with me…that boy is gonna need a day of rest!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man in foreground seems oblivious as three women talk about him in the background.
WOMAN #1: It’s settled! I get him Monday and Wednesday while Pepper gets him Tuesday and Thursday.
WOMAN #2: And I get him on Friday and Saturday.
WOMAN #3: Why do you get him two nights in a row?
WOMAN #2: Because after two nights with me...that boy is gonna need a day of rest!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Nov 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Many thanks to Ron Evry and Bruce Simon for permission to use art from one of their fine collections of J.R. Williams’ comics:
Original Art
Transcript:
Scene: Two cowboys riding their horses slowly by a pond. In the background two rabbits run in a field.
COWBOY #1 (sings): Home, home on the range! where the west is wild! and the sex is strange! Oh, if I had brains,I’d come home from the range…and sing soprano after a sex change!
COWBOY #2 (thinks): *
RABBIT #1 (thinks): **
CAPTION: *Thank God I’m too deaf to hear any of this!
CAPTION: **Run away! Run away!
Vintage Art: J.R. Williams New Dialogue: John Lustig
Art from Bruce Simon’s & Ron Evry’sbook:
Hoo-Hah! Out Our Way: The Poetry of J.R. Williams
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↓ TranscriptScene: Two cowboys riding their horses slowly by a pond. In the background two rabbits run in a field.
COWBOY #1 (sings): Home, home on the range! where the west is wild! and the sex is strange! Oh, if I had brains,I’d come home from the range...and sing soprano after a sex change!
COWBOY #2 (thinks): *
RABBIT #1 (thinks): **
CAPTION: *Thank God I’m too deaf to hear any of this!
CAPTION: **Run away! Run away!
Vintage Art: J.R. Williams New Dialogue: John Lustig
Art from Bruce Simon’s & Ron Evry’sbook:
Hoo-Hah! Out Our Way: The Poetry of J.R. Williams
The Poetry of J.R. Williams-0038
by John | Nov 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Pencils by Dick Giordano (with inks by either Giordano or Vince Colletta) from the story “Letter from Long Ago” in FIRST KISS #6, 1958.
Transcript:
WOMAN (talking to a man): My job? I’m a shopping consultant! I tell men what I like…and they buy it for me!
1958 Art: Dick Giordano & maybe Vince Colletta Color: Allen Freeman
Happy Black Friday
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN (talking to a man): My job? I’m a shopping consultant! I tell men what I like…and they buy it for me!
1958 Art: Dick Giordano & maybe Vince Colletta Color: Allen Freeman
Happy Black Friday
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