by John | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Passion and slurps courtesy of Tony Isabella!
Vintage Art:

Art by Vince Colletta from FIRST KISS #9, 1959.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man (a sailor) and a woman are kissing.
SOUND EFFECTS: *MFFF* *SMACK* *GURGLE* *SLURP* *AHH* *GLUPP*
CAPTION: Love has a language all its own.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Foreground Color: Allen Freeman
Lip-Smacking Dialogue: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man (a sailor) and a woman are kissing.
SOUND EFFECTS: *MFFF* *SMACK* *GURGLE* *SLURP* *AHH* *GLUPP*
CAPTION: Love has a language all its own.
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Foreground Color: Allen Freeman
Lip-Smacking Dialogue: Tony Isabella
FK09Cover.Sailor.RZ
by John | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage, Published Art

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “A Moment to Remember” in FIRST KISS #21, 1961.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman in foreground looks on at a woman and man in the background. The woman in the background is holding onto one of the man’s arms.
MAN: Secret affair? Hardly! I’ve been bragging about it all night!
1962 Art by Vince Colletta Studio Color by Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman in foreground looks on at a woman and man in the background. The woman in the background is holding onto one of the man's arms.
MAN: Secret affair? Hardly! I’ve been bragging about it all night!
1962 Art by Vince Colletta Studio Color by Allen Freeman
FK21.1.2.1
by John | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Sticky sex courtesy of Tony Isabella!
Original Vintage Art

Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of Secrets of Young Brides #39, 1963. (Scanned from the black and white photostat used in production.)
Color, Published Version:

Transcript:
SCENE: Man and woman embracing on a couch. Walls in the background are wallpapered.
MAN: Oh, my darling. Hanging wallpaper with you was so sexy. if only we could go to the bedroom…
WOMAN: Maybe next time we shouldn’t paper over the door…and start making out…while we’re still covered in paste!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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Secrets of Young Brides #39
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman embracing on a couch. Walls in the background are wallpapered.
MAN: Oh, my darling. Hanging wallpaper with you was so sexy. if only we could go to the bedroom...
WOMAN: Maybe next time we shouldn’t paper over the door...and start making out...while we’re still covered in paste!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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Secrets of Young Brides #39
by John | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized

Art by Bill Ward from Torchy #4, May 1950.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman with finger to her lips.
CAPTION: This year I resolve to:
—lose 10 pounds…and only gain back 5 of them!
—be more optimistic…
even when life sucks!
—only have sex with people I know!
—and get married…
at least once!
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Text: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman with finger to her lips.
CAPTION: This year I resolve to:
—lose 10 pounds...and only gain back 5 of them!
—be more optimistic...
even when life sucks!
—only have sex with people I know!
—and get married…
at least once!
1950 Art: Bill Ward Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Text: John Lustig
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by John | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Happy New Year! (And good riddance to 2020.) I hope we all have much better years.
Many thanks to my frequent partner in holiday hilarity Mike Pascale for today’s gag—plus the art changes!

Art by Vince Colletta Studio. Appeared first in First Kiss #29, 1962.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman holding baby (with a 2021 sash) who is also a boy and is wearing a quiver of arrows.
WOMAN: What the bow and arrow for?
BABY: I wanna make sure old-man 2020 doesn’t come back!
CAPTION: *Baby’s First Weapon™ now sold in the Nursery Section of the Last Kiss Store!
962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Archery Art & Killer Humor: Mike Pascale
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding baby (with a 2021 sash) who is also a boy and is wearing a quiver of arrows.
WOMAN: What the bow and arrow for?
BABY: I wanna make sure old-man 2020 doesn't come back!
CAPTION: *Baby’s First Weapon™ now sold in the Nursery Section of the Last Kiss Store!
962 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Archery Art & Killer Humor: Mike Pascale
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