Happy New Year—however you’re dressed. Or not dressed.
Art by Dick Giordano for Brides in Love #40, Feb. 1964.
Art by Lee Elias for Hi-School Romance #23 – Oct. 1953.
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SCENE: A woman is crying in the background as another woman and a man sit and kiss on the grass in the foreground.
CRYING WOMAN (thinking): I’ll never give up on my dream! Someday I’ll be in the fore-ground…of a Last Kiss cartoon!
1953 Art: Lee Elias Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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SCENE: Felina Vie in a sexy Santa costume sits on a sleigh.
FELINA: I’m so excited! I got underwear for Christmas!
Model: Felina Vie Photo: Allen Freeman
Text ©2019 Last Kiss Inc. Photo: ©2019 Allen Freeman
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Art by Reed Crandall from “The Ray” in Smash #24, 1941.
Transcript:
SCENE: Bucky is standing near the Christmas tree singing.
BUCKY (Singing): I saw Daddy kissing Santa Claus!
©2019 Last Kiss Inc
Bucky created by Jack Enyart & John Lustig
It’s Always Bucky™
1941 Foreground Art: Reed Crandall Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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My thanks to Merry Mike Pascale (Last Kiss’s Master of haberdashery) for the addition of the snazzy yarmulke.
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “My Confidence Man” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man wearing a yarmulke, kissing a woman.
WOMAN (thinking): he can light my menorah anytime!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Yarmulke Salesman: Mike Pascale
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