by John | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by the Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The End of Summer” in First Kiss #34, 1963. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: A smiling young woman and man- -both wearing bathing suits—are at the beach, smiling at each other and are about ready to eat marshmallows that they’ve roasted in a beach fire.
WOMAN: See? I told you I can cook!
MAN (thinking): Wow! If she can roast weenies too…I’m proposing!
1963 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Hot Dog Vendor & Beach Bum: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A smiling young woman and man- -both wearing bathing suits---are at the beach, smiling at each other and are about ready to eat marshmallows that they've roasted in a beach fire.
WOMAN: See? I told you I can cook!
MAN (thinking): Wow! If she can roast weenies too...I’m proposing!
1963 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Hot Dog Vendor & Beach Bum: John Lustig
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by John | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Artist unknown. From the cover of Romance Stories of True Love #52, 1958. Click image to enlarge.
Transcription:
SCENE: In the foreground, woman and man smiling and flirting at the beach. In the background is a frowning woman in a hat.
WOMAN IN FOREGROUND: You’re married? Are you sure?
MAN: Not anymore!
1958 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Codes: DJP.lk435 RomanceStoriesOfTrueLove52
John Lustig’s Last Kiss
©2018 Last Kiss Inc
↓ TranscriptTranscription:
SCENE: In the foreground, woman and man smiling and flirting at the beach. In the background is a frowning woman in a hat.
WOMAN IN FOREGROUND: You’re married? Are you sure?
MAN: Not anymore!
1958 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Codes: DJP.lk435 RomanceStoriesOfTrueLove52
John Lustig’s Last Kiss
©2018 Last Kiss Inc
by John | Sep 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Art by Dick Giordano from the cover of FIRST KISS #40, 1965.
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and woman in bathing suits sitting on the beach. She’s crying.
MAN: But, darling, it’s only dirty and disgusting when other people do it!
1965 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and woman in bathing suits sitting on the beach. She's crying.
MAN: But, darling, it’s only dirty and disgusting when other people do it!
1965 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
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by John | Jun 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Art by Luis Dominguez from the story “Reckless Romance” in FIRST KISS #30, 1963.
Transcript:
SCENE: A young blonde woman is talking to a young man on the beach. In the background, another woman is walking away.
YOUNG BLONDE WOMAN: Those wild women your mom warned you about? They’re all me!
1963 Art: Luis Dominguez Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young blonde woman is talking to a young man on the beach. In the background, another woman is walking away.
YOUNG BLONDE WOMAN: Those wild women your mom warned you about? They’re all me!
1963 Art: Luis Dominguez Color: Allen Freeman
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by John | Sep 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Below is the final issue of the First Kiss comic book series—the title that I bought from Charlton Comics back in the late 1980s. Oddly enough, back in 2001, I used this the last First Kiss cover as the basis of my first Last Kiss cover. (See below.)
Art by Dick Giordano, cover of First Kiss #40, 1965.
Cover of Last Kiss #1, 2001. Out of print.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman on a beach, sitting on a blanket. Woman is crying as the man talks.
MAN: I’ll see you next summer…if I don’t meet someone better!
WOMAN (thinking): Thank God! I was afraid he didn’t like me!
Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
©2013 Last Kiss Inc
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