A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by L.B. Cole from the cover of True To Life Romances #22, July 1954. Star Publications.
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SCENE: A man and a woman are in their bathing suits at the beach, sitting by a fire with tall flames.
MAN (thinking): It’s so romantic being with her...on this starry night...by a roaring fire. I can almost forget she’s a mannequin...and that her knees are melting.
1954 Art: L.B. Cole Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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MAN (thinking): It’s so romantic being with her...on this starry night...by a roaring fire. I can almost forget she’s a mannequin...and that her knees are melting.
1954 Art: L.B. Cole Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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“Is that an intimate-confession-of-true-love in your speedos? Or are you just glad to see me?”
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Signs they didn’t come to the beach to swim:
1) She’s wearing eye shadow and lipstick. Because you always look great coming out of the ocean with dark green smears around your eyes.
2) He’s wearing lipstick. What makes that disturbing is he matched the shade to the color of his speedos.
3) That odd, half on/half off douchey way he’s wearing his t-shirt. Not that that has anything to do with swimming. It’s just kind of douchey looking and I felt like that needed to be pointed out.
4) Her eyes ain’t staring at the water or that fire. And the way she’s spread her hands like she’s trying to gauge distance across her lap…
5) The fact they both have waaaaaay too much spray tan on.
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I Wanted Thrills!!…I Got Crabs!!
1) Oh, you mean the Tammy Faye Baker “Raccoon face?”
Exactly!
Did swimsuits really have belts?
Actually, yes! https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/369224869426260238/
I had one with a belt—wayback then!
Speedos, proof that European men have no idea of what they look like in such, or don’t care.
Tacos, burritos, there’s something in your speedos!
Pick your favorite ethnic group but I remember it as Ole and Sven.
Ole and Sven are walking along the beach.
Ole – Sven, you’re so successful with the ladies. How do you do it? What’s the secret?
Sven explains – I go to the market and find a big baking potato, bigger the better, and put it in my swim trunks. Girls get a look at that and can’t help but be attracted.
The next day on the beach:
The next day Ole finds Sven on the beach:
Ole – Sven, your idea with the baking potato didn’t work. The girls look away with revulsion.
Sven – Well, Ole, maybe you should try putting the potato in front.
Some women are shopping in the produce department. One of the women picks up two potatoes and says “These remind me of my husband’s balls.” Another woman exclaims “Wow, are they that big?!”
The first one says “No, this dirty”
That’s the kind of potato humor I steal and use inappropriately in group settings!
Thanks.
Sing it with me!
“I stop my knees and melt with you!”