by John | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Jack Sparling from the story “Bottled Heartache” in Great Lover Romances #11, Oct. 1953. Toby. The story begins on Page 17.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Beautiful woman in a cocktail dress holds a cocktail as she talks to an older man in a tux.
WOMAN: I'm not desperate or drunk enough to go home with you--now! Maybe later!
1953 Art: Jack Sparling Re-ink & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Waiting for Later: John Lustig
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by John | Apr 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “The Sea Green Eyes!” in First Kiss #5, 1958. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man talking with a woman. Smoke is coming out of his mouth.
MAN: File a complaint with John Lustig, Ginny. He forgot to have his artist draw my giant cigar. Now my exhaling smoke just looks silly.
WOMAN (thinking): Yet oddly intriguing and even sexy. Is “giant cigar” a euphemism?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man talking with a woman. Smoke is coming out of his mouth.
MAN: File a complaint with John Lustig, Ginny. He forgot to have his artist draw my giant cigar. Now my exhaling smoke just looks silly.
WOMAN (thinking): Yet oddly intriguing and even sexy. Is “giant cigar” a euphemism?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Steve Ditko from “The Man Who Saw Again” in Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #8, July 1958. Charlton Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man with eyes very wide open and hand (with fingers apart) reaching towards readers.
MAN: See? I told you! marijuana doesn’t affect me at all! Hey, look! My fingers are naked! Wow! so sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
CAPTION: 1958 Art: Steve Ditko New Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man with eyes very wide open and hand (with fingers apart) reaching towards readers.
MAN: See? I told you! marijuana doesn’t affect me at all! Hey, look! My fingers are naked! Wow! so sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
CAPTION: 1958 Art: Steve Ditko New Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Nov 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “I Chose Heartbreak” in FIRST KISS #37, 1964. Click link to read the entire vintage comic book for free.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman in a nightgown sitting at her breakfast table drinking coffee.
WOMAN: I’m not addicted to coffee! But some mornings I like to have a little in my first whiskey!
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman in a nightgown sitting at her breakfast table drinking coffee.
WOMAN: I’m not addicted to coffee! But some mornings I like to have a little in my first whiskey!
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
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by John | Oct 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Because of Covid, Oktoberfest wasn’t held this year in Germany. But that didn’t stop Gorgo in this tale of Monster Love from Tony Isabella.
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Bill Montes and Ernie Bache from the story “The World Shaker” in Gorgo #19, July 1964. Charlton Comics. Click link to read the entire vintage comic book for free.
Transcript:
PANEL #1: Gorgo is standing tall above the jungle, but is leaning unsteadily as if about to fall. There are are stars and special effect images above his head indicating that he’s losing consciousness.
PANEL #2: Gorgo crashes to the ground. A man flees screaming.
CAPTION: it was a familiar tale. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl.
Boy drinks to forget girl.
And, as always, it was the helpless breweries…
…that paid the price for love unrequited.
SOUND EFFECT: KRAASH
MAN: YEEIII!
1964 Art: Bill Montes & Ernie Bache
Writer: Tony Isabella
John Lustig’s Last Kiss
©2021 Last Kiss Inc
↓ TranscriptSCENE:
PANEL #1: Gorgo is standing tall above the jungle, but is leaning unsteadily as if about to fall. There are are stars and special effect images above his head indicating that he's losing consciousness.
PANEL #2: Gorgo crashes to the ground. A man flees screaming.
CAPTION: it was a familiar tale. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl.
Boy drinks to forget girl.
And, as always, it was the helpless breweries...
...that paid the price for love unrequited.
SOUND EFFECT: KRAASH
MAN: YEEIII!
1964 Art: Bill Montes & Ernie Bache
Writer: Tony Isabella
John Lustig’s Last Kiss
©2021 Last Kiss Inc