by John | Nov 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Artist unknown, but might be King Ward. From WESTERN LOVE TRAILS #7, 1949. Click link to read the entire vintage comic book for free.
Transcript:
SCENE: Cowboy with a cowgirl with her head in his lap. Their keeping warm next to a campfire.
COWGIRL: See? Isn’t this better than riding off into the sunset?
Pencils: King Ward? Restoration & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Cowboy with a cowgirl with her head in his lap. Their keeping warm next to a campfire.
COWGIRL: See? Isn’t this better than riding off into the sunset?
Pencils: King Ward? Restoration & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Dialogue: John Lustig
DJP.lk44
by John | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yes, there were western-themed romance comics back in the 1950s. Actually, quite a few. It was a fairly popular hybrid of the two genres!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Transcript:
SCENE: Photo of a cowboy and cowgirl holding and examining a lasso together.
COWBOY: After you tie me up, I’ll be a helpless slave…to your wildest, sexiest fantasies! So let’s set up a “safe word!” After all, you don’t want to hurt me!
COWGIRL (thinking): Wanna bet?
Photo from the cover of Romantic Secrets #19, 1951.
Dialogue & Lettering: John Lustig
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Photo of a cowboy and cowgirl holding and examining a lasso together.
COWBOY: After you tie me up, I’ll be a helpless slave...to your wildest, sexiest fantasies! So let’s set up a “safe word!” After all, you don’t want to hurt me!
COWGIRL (thinking): Wanna bet?
Photo from the cover of Romantic Secrets #19, 1951
Dialogue & Lettering: John Lustig