by John | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: Actors Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver are sitting in an amusement park ride car having just exited from The Tunnel of Love ride. Buster looks like he’s been beat up. He has a black eye and his hat is demolished. Phyllis ls fine and looks straight ahead.
BUSTER: I thought
the Tunnel of Love would be… more fun!
PHYLLIS: It’s your own fault! Next time don’t play so hard to get!
Image: Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver in the 1923 film The Balloonatic
New Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Actors Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver are sitting in an amusement park ride car having just exited from The Tunnel of Love ride. Buster looks like he's been beat up. He has a black eye and his hat is demolished. Phyllis ls fine and looks straight ahead.
BUSTER: I thought
the Tunnel of Love would be... more fun!
PHYLLIS: It’s your own fault! Next time don’t play so hard to get!
Image: Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver in the 1923 film The Balloonatic
New Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Aug 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by The Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Magic Perfume” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.
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Transcript:
MAN: I’ve never had anyone scream “Thank God” so much during sex!
WOMAN: Well, I’m very religious!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio New Color: Dan McConnell
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↓ TranscriptMAN: I’ve never had anyone scream “Thank God” so much during sex!
WOMAN: Well, I'm very religious!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio New Color: Dan McConnell
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by John | Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sometimes words just get in the way.
Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Girl Meets Boy!” in FIRST KISS #11, Nov. 1959.
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Transcript:
MAN: Hi! You don’t know me, but…
WOMAN: Stop! You’re perfect! Don’t spoil it by talking.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptMAN: Hi! You don’t know me, but…
WOMAN: Stop! You’re perfect! Don’t spoil it by talking.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Jul 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Charles Nicholas. ( Inks possibly by Jon D’Agostino.) From the story “The End of the Honeymoon” in Brides in Love #1, 1956.
Transcript:
SCENE: Bride and groom embracing and about to kiss.
GROOM: Uh oh! I just heard…the divorce rate is one out of two!
BRIDE: Gosh! I wonder who’ll be getting divorced…you or me?
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Inks: Jon D’Agostino? Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Bride and groom embracing and about to kiss.
GROOM: Uh oh! I just heard…the divorce rate is one out of two!
BRIDE: Gosh! I wonder who’ll be getting divorced...you or me?
1956 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Inks: Jon D'Agostino? Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Jul 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
A prime example of I-Don’t-Need-Birth-Control-Because-I’m-Going-to-Stay-A-Virgin (this time) logic.
Original Vintage Art & Text
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Art by Vince Colletta Studio in the story “Loves Lovely Mirage” in FIRST KISS #36, 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: A young man and woman are in the foreground. They’re on a date. In the background is an older woman.
MAN: You have a chaperone?
WOMAN: Yes! And it’s so unnecessary! I’ve ALMOST never gotten pregnant…on a first date!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young man and woman are in the foreground. They're on a date. In the background is an older woman.
MAN: You have a chaperone?
WOMAN: Yes! And it’s so unnecessary! I’ve ALMOST never gotten pregnant...on a first date!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
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