by John | Feb 14, 2011 | Blog
Talk about perfect timing! My copy of Comics Buyer’s Guide #1676 arrived today on Valentine’s Day. A great Valentine’s gift for me since I did the cover and the theme of the issue is romance comics.
Well, okay. The late Dick Giordano did the original art and Allen Freeman extended and colored the art. But I wrote the dialog.
I’ve decided to just show the art here for now. You’ll have to pick up the magazine to see the gags I wrote.
Besides, it’s been awhile since I had a contest for readers. So here’s the deal.
Contest Rules
Submit your dialog for this art in the comments section below. Contest closes Monday night at midnight. I’ll pick a winner by the end of that week. Winner gets 10 Last Kiss notecards.
by John | Feb 10, 2011 | Blog
Press Release:
Seattle, WA (Feb. 10, 2011) — Romance comic genius John Lustig has a surefire cure for anyone suffering from Valentine’s Day heartburn.
His first animated video, “Racing Toward Heartbreak,” is a darkly funny, faux ad for The Last Kiss Institute of Dismal Love Affairs. The mini, mock epic features a mad doctor’s extremely inappropriate solution to a desperate dame’s boyfriend problems.
“Dangerous drugs and unnecessarily expensive shock therapy are involved,” explained Lustig.
Years in the making (seconds in the planning), the video is a collaboration with an award-winning Newgrounds animator Edward (Meddros) Smith.
“We included modified word balloons because we were trying for the look of a comic book,” said Smith. “But we added a voice track, music and special effects because…well, we thought it’d be easy. Silly us!”
Like Lustig’s regular Last Kiss webcomics, the animation uses art from old romance comics with bizarre, new dialog.
Kisses and Ducks
February and March are turning out to be big months for Lustig. In addition to the animation release, he’s spotlighted in the current issue of Seattle Magazine. Lustig is profiled as one of seven Seattle comic creators for the magazine’s “geek issue.”
On Feb. 23 (revised date–it’s out now!), Lustig has a long-awaited Disney story in Boom! Studio’s Donald Duck and Friends #363. His “Somewhere Beyond Nowhere” is a 12-page Donald Duck story based on a plot by Disney legend Carl Barks and drawn by Daan Jippes.
And then, on March 30, Lustig’s first Last Kiss merchandise (coffee mugs, metal card cases & sticky notebooks) through Dark Horse Comics will be arriving in stores.
See more Lustig-related video on the Last Kiss YouTube Channel!
by John | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
Last Kiss and I just got a great plug in Seattle Magazine’s February “Geek Issue.” I’m so proud. I’m officially a geek! http://su.pr/4rKuDu
by John | Jan 19, 2011 | Blog
After I posted yesterday’s gag about a strip club with parody lyrics (“There’s No Business Like Bare-ly Show Business”), I received an e-mail from my pal cartoonist Kevin Boze who came up with some great lyrics of his own. With his permission, here they are:
MEN’S CHORUS:
The bouncers, the colored lights, the panties, the tops
The audience that stares at you and sighs
WOMEN’S CHORUS:
The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops (NOTE: This was just too good a line to change)
The feeling when you make their winkies rise
MEN’S CHORUS:
Excitement when the tipping comes apace
WOMEN’S CHORUS:
The downer when your stripper shoes unlace
ALLS:
There’s no business like ho business
Like no business I know
MEN’S CHORUS:
Every man looks on that stage adoring
WOMEN’S CHORUS:
Sweating but you’re trying to stay cool
MEN’S CHORUS:
No where could you dance and keep on whoring
ALL:
While you’re ignoring that four-foot rule
They’re hip people, those strip people
They’re swinging on the pole
MEN’S CHORUS:
Yesterday you barely could fill out some B’s
WOMEN’S CHORUS:
That night you really wanted to tease
MEN’S CHORUS:
Next day you are showing off your double-D’s
ALL:
Let’s go on with the show
Let’s go on with the show
by John | Jan 12, 2011 | Blog
Last Kiss is back in the newspaper business. As of today, Last Kiss will be appearing in every issue of the Dayton City Paper. Yes, I’m excited! Today Dayton, tomorrow the universe…or at least maybe Akron, OH.
See the entire first issue that features Last Kiss.
by John | Dec 28, 2010 | Blog
Oh, no! It’s only 12 months ’til Christmas 2011. What to do?
From now through Jan. 7, 2011, use coupon code DITTO50 and save 50% on your purchase of $15 or more of Last Kiss Christmas cards!
by John | Dec 19, 2010 | Blog
(Click above to enlarge. Rough, preview lettering. Art by Daan Jippes. ©Walt Disney Company)
In February, Boom! Studios is publishing a totally new version of a Carl Barks’ plotted story. The story has a new title “Somewhere BEYOND Nowhere”; a new script (by me); and art by the great Daan Jippes. It’s 12 pages long.
Why did I want to do a new version–especially since I scripted the original 2000 version? Well, that’s a bit of a story in itself…
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by John | Dec 2, 2010 | Blog
In going through material for Last Kiss, I’ve read some odd romance comics. But “Isabell’s Inventions” from Charlton’s Teen-Age Confidential Confessions #10 is more than just a bit wackier than most!
Click to enlarge!
by John | Nov 18, 2010 | Blog
I’m heading to Oregon for the Portland Comic Book Show, Nov. 21. The Sunday show is my last convention of the year. The Portland con is always one of my favorites. It’s a nice crowd and con organizer Richard Finn always treats his guests like visiting royalty.
The next day I’m meeting with the marketing staff of Dark Horse Comics (just outside Portland) to discuss some crazy ideas I have for my new Dark Horse products.
I want to run a much bigger (and sillier) version of the Last Kiss contest that I ran on Facebook earlier this week. If Dark Horse likes it, the plan ought to go something like this…
People will post photos of themselves with one or more of my Last Kiss goodies from Dark Horse. Prizes for the first photos posted; the silliest photos; the most romantic photos; etc.
Of course, to win you’ll need to have a Last Kiss mug, sticky note book or metal case. So ordering one now wouldn’t be a bad idea.
by John | Nov 15, 2010 | Blog
I’m giving away four Last Kiss cards apiece to 10 people who make me happy. How can you make me happy? Simple.
1. If you haven’t already become an official fan of my Last Kiss Facebook page then go to my page and click “like.”
2. Post an image to my Last Kiss Facebook page . It can be a photo or drawing of yourself or something else. (Your Facebook profile pic would work swell.)
As long as it isn’t obscene, I’ll accept it.
3. Look over the Last Kiss products from Dark Horse. You don’t have to buy anything. But be ready to tell me which one you like best.
4. Plus, tell me which state or province you live in.
Restrictions:
You must live in the U.S. or Canada to qualify for the free cards. (Sorry, I can’t afford the postage overseas.)
Only the first 10 people who post (and follow all the above rules) win.
Prize:
Four Last Kiss note or greeting cards to each winner.
People Who’ve Already Posted:
Quite a few people signed up for my Last Kiss Facebook page over the weekend. And several posted as if the contest had already begun.
If you’re one of those people, I salute your enthusiasm and I want to reward your initiative. But it isn’t fair to give you the same prize as people who waited and submitted properly. So you’ll get something–just not as much. I’ll be contacting you via Facebook.
Now that the contest has gone live and you’ve got all the info, you eager beavers are welcome to post again (remember to mention which state you live in this time) and possibly win a second time.
Love and Last Kisses,
John
Talk about perfect timing! My copy of Comics Buyer’s Guide #1676 arrived today on Valentine’s Day. A great Valentine’s gift for me since I did the cover and the theme of the issue is romance comics.
