by John | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Another titanic tale of torrid hilarity from my comic collaborators and pals Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Nina Albright from the story “I Cheated at Love” from Thrilling Romances #20, July 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE: Young woman looking intently forward at something. In the background is a clothing rack.
CAPTION: Dorrie was Hollywood’s queen of the reaction shot. Shock. Surprise. Delight. She could do it all. But when she accidentally walked in…on Gustave in the fitting room…it took her 20 minutes to UN-react.
1952 Art: Nina Albright New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young woman looking intently forward at something. In the background is a clothing rack.
CAPTION: Dorrie was Hollywood’s queen of the reaction shot. Shock. Surprise. Delight. She could do it all. But when she accidentally walked in...on Gustave in the fitting room...it took her 20 minutes to UN-react.
1952 Art: Nina Albright New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jun 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today’s Flag Day comic is really two comics in one.
First, there’s the vintage, Nazi-fighting art from Our Flag Comics #3. It struck me how different times were back in 1941 and how united we were (by the end of that year) against “the bad guys.” These days, alas, we can’t even all agree who the “bad guys” are.
Second, there was this incredible, completely over-the-top caption in the 1941 art. I thought it was jaw-dropingly bizarre, but also a lot of fun. So I decided to share it with you. But—fearing that the type would be too small—I enlarged it for readability. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
(Below is a miniature version of the vintage,
untouched art so that you can see the original layout
and what I covered up when I enlarged the caption.)
Art by Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3, Dec. 1941.
Transcript:
SCENE: Superhero dressed somewhat like an American flag, punches out a bunch of Nazis in a subway as terrified citizens look on in the background.
THE FLAG: That’s
what I love about America in 1941…Everyone agrees about who the bad
CAPTION BOX: Born with a chest birthmark resembling the American Flag, Jim Courtney, adopted son of John Courtney, an old flag maker and war veteran known as “Old Glory,” has been endowed by the immortals of U.S. history with the strength of a hundred men and the speed of the wind. When traitors seek to destroy our country, Jim Dons the special patriotic uniform made for him by “Old Glory” and goes forth as that hard-hitting, patriotic avenger, The Flag, to crush and destroy them!
Happy Flag Day!
Dec. 1941 Art: Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3
New Dialogue: John Lustig
Yellow caption box is enlarged, but contains the original,
1941 textfeaturing the origin of The Flag. Writer unknown.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Superhero dressed somewhat like an American flag, punches out a bunch of Nazis in a subway as terrified citizens look on in the background.
THE FLAG: That’s
what I love about America in 1941...Everyone agrees about who the bad
CAPTION BOX: Born with a chest birthmark resembling the American Flag, Jim Courtney, adopted son of John Courtney, an old flag maker and war veteran known as “Old Glory,” has been endowed by the immortals of U.S. history with the strength of a hundred men and the speed of the wind. When traitors seek to destroy our country, Jim Dons the special patriotic uniform made for him by “Old Glory” and goes forth as that hard-hitting, patriotic avenger, The Flag, to crush and destroy them!
Happy Flag Day!
Dec. 1941 Art: Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3
New Dialogue: John Lustig
Yellow caption box is enlarged, but contains the original,
1941 textfeaturing the origin of The Flag. Writer unknown.
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by John | Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
↓ TranscriptScene: Rodin's statue The Thinker is in the foreground. In the background are a rainbow and some clouds:
The Thinker: I think I’m gay! Therefore...I am!
CAPTION: Happy Pride Month Be who you are!
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by John | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m dedicating this one to Bob Cumbow—my good friend, my great lawyer and my Alfred Hitchcock guru extraordinaire!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
Scene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.
CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!
CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed…
CAPTION: …ready to dump on his head.
CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.
1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptScene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.
CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!
CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed...
CAPTION: ...ready to dump on his head.
CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.
1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jun 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
