by John | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Another titanic tale of torrid fun from my comic collaborators and pals Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Celardo from the story “Stand-In for Love” in Intimate Love #24, Sept. 1953.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man driving a black, convertible at night. There’s a beautiful woman beside him.
WOMAN: if you don’t stop singing na na na na
na na…I’ll jump out of this car! What do you say to that?
MAN (speaking via a bat-shaped word balloon): Activate
Bat-Passenger-Seat- Restraint!
1953 Art: John Celardo New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Lettering: John Lustig
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man driving a black, convertible at night. There's a beautiful woman beside him.
WOMAN: if you don’t stop singing na na na na
na na...I’ll jump out of this car! What do you say to that?
MAN (speaking via a bat-shaped word balloon): Activate
Bat-Passenger-Seat- Restraint!
1953 Art: John Celardo New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Lettering: John Lustig
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jan 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Art by Dick Giordano from I Love You #44, Feb. 1963
Transcript:
SCENE: A man and a woman dancing at a party. In the background, a second man has his hands on his hips and is sternly lecturing them.
SECOND MAN: You got married…on a first date? Again?!! That does it! No more Last Kiss comics for you, young lady!
CAPTION: Surgeon General’s Warning:
Reading Last Kiss corrupts morals and can be dangerously silly! Stop reading now–or you could end up married, pregnant or both!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A man and a woman dancing at a party. In the background, a second man has his hands on his hips and is sternly lecturing them.
SECOND MAN: You got married...on a first date? Again?!! That does it! No more Last Kiss comics for you, young lady!
CAPTION: Surgeon General’s Warning:
Reading Last Kiss corrupts morals and can be dangerously silly! Stop reading now--or you could end up married, pregnant or both!
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Allen Freeman
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by John | Dec 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yes, this is the third Tony Isabella gag I’ve used in a row! Not enough Tony for you? On Wednesday let’s make it four!
Art by Dick Giordano from Secrets of Young Brides #37, 1963. (Scanned from a photostat of the original black & white line art.)
Transcript:
SCENE: In the foreground, U.S. dollar bills of various denominations fly through the air. In the background, a man speaks angrily to a woman.
MAN: Are you insane? You sold my comic-book collection and this was all you got? Those comics were worth millions! Thousands! Hundreds! I’m just going to go to the comic shop, okay?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: In the foreground, U.S. dollar bills of various denominations fly through the air. In the background, a man speaks angrily to a woman.
MAN: Are you insane? You sold my comic-book collection and this was all you got? Those comics were worth millions! Thousands! Hundreds! I'm just going to go to the comic shop, okay?
1963 Art: Dick Giordano Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Delicious dialogue by Tony Isabella—spinach salesman to the stars and writer of stuff.
Art by Dick Giordano from Secrets of Young Brides #37, June 1963.
Transcript:
SCENE: Young man in a sailor’s cap is standing behind a crying woman, holding her by the arm just below the shoulder.
WOMAN: We’re finished! I won’t wear a ratty old dress..and go on a starvation diet…and get breast reduction surgery…to fulfill your “Olive Oyl” fantasy!
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young man in a sailor's cap is standing behind a crying woman, holding her by the arm just below the shoulder.
WOMAN: We’re finished! I won’t wear a ratty old dress..and go on a starvation diet...and get breast reduction surgery...to fulfill your “Olive Oyl” fantasy!
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by John | Aug 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Inks by Dick Giordano from the story “Hello Beautiful” in First Kiss #12, Jan. 1960.
Transcript:
CAPTION #1: After its latest humiliating defeat, The Society of Slightly Useful Heroes meets in its secret headquarters. (Just off Highway 9! Ask for directions at the Motel 6.) Never has morale been so low! Never has the future looked so bleak! And never have the potato chips been so stale! Oh, what to do? What to do?
SCENE: Very unglamorous-looking group of people (three-women and two women) in a living room/parlor setting.)
CAPTION #2 is a Roll Call: Our Heroes: Princess PMS
Bowel Boy
Captain Kaput
Lady Looker
Quip Queen
WOMAN #1: Our foes are laughing at us! They say we’re Common Cowards!
WOMAN #2: B-But we’re not! Everyone knows…we’re super cowards!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano New Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptCAPTION #1: After its latest humiliating defeat, The Society of Slightly Useful Heroes meets in its secret headquarters. (Just off Highway 9! Ask for directions at the Motel 6.) Never has morale been so low! Never has the future looked so bleak! And never have the potato chips been so stale! Oh, what to do? What to do?
SCENE: Very unglamorous-looking group of people (three-women and two women) in a living room/parlor setting.)
CAPTION #2 is a Roll Call: Our Heroes: Princess PMS
Bowel Boy
Captain Kaput
Lady Looker
Quip Queen
WOMAN #1: Our foes are laughing at us! They say we’re Common Cowards!
WOMAN #2: B-But we’re not! Everyone knows...we’re super cowards!
1960 Inks: Dick Giordano New Color: Allen Freeman
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