by John | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
1963 art by Luis Dominguez from the story “Reckless Romance” in First Kiss #30. (Scanned from the publisher’s black & white photostats of the color comic.)
Transcript:
PANEL #1 SCENE: Young woman talking to her parents as they start to leave the house.
CAPTION: While waiting to win the lottery, Bella Bylotta is having a hard time affording the basic necessities–rent, food, Netflix and comics! So Bella decides she either has to get a job or…
YOUNG WOMAN: …move back in with you and Mom!
DAD: Great! We’ll just sleep in the driveway so there’s room for all your comics!
MOM: After we die of hypothermia, bury us in the flower beds!
PANEL #2 SCENE: Medium closeup of the distressed daughter after her parents leave.
YOUNG WOMAN (thinks): Anger! Guilt! Sarcasm! That’s so sweet! It’s just like I never left!
1963 Art: Luis Dominguez Color: Allen Freeman
30.3.7.1-2
↓ TranscriptPANEL #1 SCENE: Young woman talking to her parents as they start to leave the house.
CAPTION: While waiting to win the lottery, Bella Bylotta is having a hard time affording the basic necessities--rent, food, Netflix and comics! So Bella decides she either has to get a job or...
YOUNG WOMAN: ...move back in with you and Mom!
DAD: Great! We’ll just sleep in the driveway so there’s room for all your comics!
MOM: After we die of hypothermia, bury us in the flower beds!
PANEL #2 SCENE: Medium closeup of the distressed daughter after her parents leave.
YOUNG WOMAN (thinks): Anger! Guilt! Sarcasm! That’s so sweet! It’s just like I never left!
1963 Art: Luis Dominguez Color: Allen Freeman
30.3.7.1-2
by John | Nov 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Happy Veterans Day!
Art by Mac Raboy from Master Comics #30, 1942.
Transcript:
SCENE: A superhero (Captain Marvel Jr.) holds a large American flag as he leads American soldiers into battle.
CAPTION/TITLE: Not All Heroes Wear Capes!
Happy Veterans Day
1942 Art: Mac Raboy Captain Marvel Jr. © & ™ DC Comics
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A superhero (Captain Marvel Jr.) holds a large American flag as he leads American soldiers into battle.
CAPTION/TITLE: Not All Heroes Wear Capes!
Happy Veterans Day
1942 Art: Mac Raboy Captain Marvel Jr. © & ™ DC Comics
by John | Nov 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “The Sea Green Eyes!” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.
Transcript:
SCENE: Young woman sitting looking at some sheets of paper.
WOMAN (thinks): Why does no one “like” my Garfield/Marmaduke fan fiction? I can’t be the only reader…who feels their unspoken passion!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
DJP.lk355
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Young woman sitting looking at some sheets of paper.
WOMAN (thinks): Why does no one “like” my Garfield/Marmaduke fan fiction? I can’t be the only reader...who feels their unspoken passion!
1958 Art: John Tartaglione Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
DJP.lk355
by John | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art attributed to George Tuska from the “Glory Forbes” story in Rangers Comics #22, April 1945.
Transcript:
CAPTION: At first, Shirley Smelmoor was just a hardworking deodorant model–testing the olfactory limits of the latest pit protection devised by Dismal Hygiene, Inc! But then a new, experimental deodorant is accidentally mixed with radioactive ore! (Don’t ask how! It doesn’t make sense to us either!) And Shirley becomes Ms. Sniff–the Maid of Malodorous Might!
PANEL #1: Ms. Sniff is undressing on a dock.
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Stopping that bank robbery left me smelling worse than a skunk in a cesspool!
PANEL #2: Ms. Sniff dives off the pier into the water as a bystander comments.
BYSTANDER: Hey! What reeks? Did something die?MS. SNIFF (thinking): A quick bath in Lake Fetid should do the trick!
PANEL #3: Ms. Sniff is hiding in the water below the pier as she hears voices from above.
BYSTANDER: No! It’s worse! It’s Ms. Sniff…The siren of stench!
BYSTANDER #2: Again? That putrid pariah oughta be run out of town!
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Th-that voice! It’s my date…Paul!
CAPTION: What happens next? Find out in our next sinus-scorching adventure: “I’ll love you forever…as long as you’re downwind!”
1945 Art by George Tuska Color by Lustig
MsSniffGeoTuskaColor.tif
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: At first, Shirley Smelmoor was just a hardworking deodorant model--testing the olfactory limits of the latest pit protection devised by Dismal Hygiene, Inc! But then a new, experimental deodorant is accidentally mixed with radioactive ore! (Don’t ask how! It doesn’t make sense to us either!) And Shirley becomes Ms. Sniff--the Maid of Malodorous Might!
PANEL #1: Ms. Sniff is undressing on a dock.
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Stopping that bank robbery left me smelling worse than a skunk in a cesspool!
PANEL #2: Ms. Sniff dives off the pier into the water as a bystander comments.
BYSTANDER: Hey! What reeks? Did something die?MS. SNIFF (thinking): A quick bath in Lake Fetid should do the trick!
PANEL #3: Ms. Sniff is hiding in the water below the pier as she hears voices from above.
BYSTANDER: No! It’s worse! It’s Ms. Sniff...The siren of stench!
BYSTANDER #2: Again? That putrid pariah oughta be run out of town!
MS. SNIFF (thinking): Th-that voice! It’s my date…Paul!
CAPTION: What happens next? Find out in our next sinus-scorching adventure: “I’ll love you forever…as long as you’re downwind!”
1945 Art by George Tuska Color by Lustig
by John | Aug 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by Art Cappello & Vince Alascia from the story “My Man” in First Kiss #11, Nov. 1959.
Transcript:
CAPTION: During every full moon Tallulah Tearwell becomes a living dynamo of emotional energy…capable of feats far beyond the ken of mortal man! Thus is born the legend of the unlikeliest superhero of all…PMS Woman!
VOICE COMING FROM OFF-PANEL: Wait! come back! The quicksand is sucking me under! I…ggglubb!
RUNNING WOMAN: That look of horror…can mean only one thing! He thinks I’m fat! Must go…shopping…before it’s too late!
1958 Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman
11.4.5.3
↓ TranscriptCAPTION: During every full moon Tallulah Tearwell becomes a living dynamo of emotional energy...capable of feats far beyond the ken of mortal man! Thus is born the legend of the unlikeliest superhero of all...PMS Woman!
VOICE COMING FROM OFF-PANEL: Wait! come back! The quicksand is sucking me under! I...ggglubb!
RUNNING WOMAN: That look of horror...can mean only one thing! He thinks I'm fat! Must go...shopping...before it's too late!
1958 Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman
11.4.5.3
