Another gag courtesy of my brother-in-law Rich Hernandez. Thanks, Rich!
Original Vintage Art & Text
One comic authority guessed that Matt Baker was the penciler of this art. Anther guessed that Vince Colletta penciled it. Both agreed that Colletta inked it. So I’m just crediting it to the Vince Colletta studio to cover my bases. (Colletta had a lot of different artists assisting him in his studio.) The art is from “His Face Before Me” in Romance Stories of True Love #51, Sept. 1958. Harvey Comics.
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↓ Transcript
SCENE: Man and woman very close as they stare at each other. The woman seems alarmed. The man has one hand on the side of her face.
MAN: C’mon!
Just one more smooch!
WOMAN: A last kiss? B-but...That’s how I got pregnant last time!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Rich Hernandez
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MAN: C’mon!
Just one more smooch!
WOMAN: A last kiss? B-but...That’s how I got pregnant last time!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Rich Hernandez
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It was at that moment that Jeanne realized…she was not gonna pay a lot for that muffler!
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And as she stared into his eyes…or the space where his eyes should be. It was hard to tell because of all the black ink splashed over his face…Jeanne realized that no matter how strong her love for Tod, no matter how mighty her passion for him, it all paled in comparison to how much his breath stunk.
O Tod! You’re rank!
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“T-Tod!”
“Jeanne…Darling Jeanne!”
“Stop interrupting me! I was about to say: Tod. I am going to the aquarium. I am going to see the fishies! Look! I wore frills on the side of my neck so I look just like a pufferfish!
“Ploop ploop! I’m a puffer! Ploop ploop!”
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Jeanne was lost…bedazzled by the allure of Tod’s turtleneck.
Because is there a woman who can resist a man in a turtleneck sweater?
No. There isn’t.
Turtlenecks. They’re sexy as hell. And you know it.
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His Face Before Me!
Which is why I turned around.
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His Face Before Me!
I was actually hoping for another part of his body. But I suppose it’s a start.
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I am kind of curious what it takes to qualify as a comics authority. And what their grade is. It just sounds like one of those jobs that only the really cool guys can get. Like turtleneck models.
Happy Wednesday.
Are we sure that ruff isn’t that dinosaur from Jurassic Park that puffed out before it started spitting poison?
So…. turtlenecks, you say? Great, right before summer starts is when I find this out!
Hi, Jams.
I don’t know exactly how you become a comics authority, but comicbookplus.com and other sites have various people that seem to hold that position. Most comics before the early 1960s were unsigned and uncredited. So the attributions on comicbookplus (and other sites) are primarily educated guesses based on the art styles of the artists. (Plus knowledge as to which artist worked for which companies and titles. Some sites I find more reliable than others.
She got pregnant from kissing? I’m not sure that’s how that works. What was she kissing, and where, and how?
Kissing with her ‘other lips’…
That’s just how it starts…
I think those frills are part of T-Tods turtleneck outfit.