Wood Be Lovers

Wood Be Lovers

Original Vintage Art & Text

Art by Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano from the cover of First Kiss #25, April 1962. Charlton Comics. (No link to read the entire comic because it’s not online.)

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SCENE: A male carpenter and a woman are kissing. In the background is a wooded field with some carpenter tools on the grass.

WOMAN (thinking): At last I’m getting nailed!

1962 Art: Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
Wood Be Stud: John Lustig
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Pencil Envy

Pencil Envy

Here’s the original art.

Remember, guys. Stay in school!
Otherwise your girlfriend won’t love you.Then you’ll start drinking even more than you do now.

And you’ll end up spending all your time browsing Internet porn and web comics.

Oops. Too late.

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SCENE: Man with a carpenter's pencil behind his ear talks to a woman.

MAN: My pencil? You think it’s too small...don’t you?

WOMAN (thinking): He thinks I said...“pencil?”

Art: Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano
Color: Allen Freeman

He’s Handy, Manly…Plus Eye Candy!

He’s Handy, Manly…Plus Eye Candy!

The original art from FIRST KISS #25 is below. It’s the opening page from a story about a woman who’s deeply in love with a guy…or rather the guy she wants him to be someday…when she gets through fixing him.

Click on image to see enlarged image.

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SCENE: Woman kissing a male carpenter outside.

WOMAN (thinking): I love handymen!
They’re so... handy!

Art by Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano

Carpenter Lust

Carpenter Lust

This one’s for the carpenter’s out there. In fact, so’s this one.

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SCENE: A man who appears to be a carpenter is kissing a woman.

CARPENTER: I framed! I sawed!

WOMAN: You conquered!

Art by Charles Nicholas & Dick Giordano

Wood you love me?

Wood you love me?

After a pun like that you might wonder if I can sink any lower. No. That wood be impossible.

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WOMAN (kissing man): I was a fool to waste my time on doctors and lawyers when I could get...nailed by a carpenter!