by John | Aug 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve ordered a 10-pound box of dark chocolates (with whiskey centers) for you, my sweet!
Art attributed to John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
Transcript:
SCENE: Stern, scary man leaning into woman who seems frightened.
WOMAN: No more ugly truth! I want beautiful lies! And chocolate!
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Stern, scary man leaning into woman who seems frightened.
WOMAN: No more ugly truth! I want beautiful lies! And chocolate!
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Aug 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of Secrets of Young Brides #40, Dec. 1963.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman holding cigarette is talking to a man who has one hand on the doorknob of a door and the other is holding a lit pipe. He appears angry and ready to leave.
WOMAN: Did I have sex with your best friend? I’m not sure! Which one is he?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of Secrets of Young Brides #40, Dec. 1963.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding cigarette is talking to a man who has one hand on the doorknob of a door and the other is holding a lit pipe. He appears angry and ready to leave.
WOMAN: Did I have sex with your best friend? I’m not sure! Which one is he?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of Secrets of Young Brides #40, Dec. 1963.
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by John | Aug 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Art Cappello & Vince Alascia from the story “My Man” in First Kiss #11, Nov. 1959.
Transcript:
CAPTION: During every full moon Tallulah Tearwell becomes a living dynamo of emotional energy…capable of feats far beyond the ken of mortal man! Thus is born the legend of the unlikeliest superhero of all…PMS Woman!
VOICE COMING FROM OFF-PANEL: Wait! come back! The quicksand is sucking me under! I…ggglubb!
RUNNING WOMAN: That look of horror…can mean only one thing! He thinks I’m fat! Must go…shopping…before it’s too late!
1958 Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptCAPTION: During every full moon Tallulah Tearwell becomes a living dynamo of emotional energy...capable of feats far beyond the ken of mortal man! Thus is born the legend of the unlikeliest superhero of all...PMS Woman!
VOICE COMING FROM OFF-PANEL: Wait! come back! The quicksand is sucking me under! I...ggglubb!
RUNNING WOMAN: That look of horror...can mean only one thing! He thinks I'm fat! Must go...shopping...before it's too late!
1958 Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman
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by John | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “The Sea Green Eyes!” from First Kiss #5, 1958.
Transcript:
WOMAN: One of us is pregnant!
MAN: I hope it’s me!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: One of us is pregnant!
MAN: I hope it's me!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Allen Freeman
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by John | Aug 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pencils by Bob Powell from the story “The Rat Man” in Tomb of Terror #5, Oct. 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE: Two men (one in a suit and the other in a policeman’s uniform) are looking at something off panel with curiosity and astonishment.
MAN IN SUIT: Do you know whom she reminds me of? Your wife!
POLICEMAN: This girl is beautiful…You’re crazy!*
MAN IN SUIT: Just picture your wife 15 years younger, 20 pounds lighter…her hair dyed, her nose operated on. The same girl!*
CAPTION: 1953 Pencils: Bob Powell Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
*Dialogue from the 1931 film The Smiling Lieutenant
(Starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert & Miriam Hopkins)
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Two men (one in a suit and the other in a policeman's uniform) are looking at something off panel with curiosity and astonishment.
MAN IN SUIT: Do you know whom she reminds me of? Your wife!
POLICEMAN: This girl is beautiful...You’re crazy!*
MAN IN SUIT: Just picture your wife 15 years younger, 20 pounds lighter...her hair dyed, her nose operated on. The same girl!*
CAPTION: 1953 Pencils: Bob Powell Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
*Dialogue from the 1931 film The Smiling Lieutenant
(Starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert & Miriam Hopkins)
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