by John | Jul 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
A prime example of I-Don’t-Need-Birth-Control-Because-I’m-Going-to-Stay-A-Virgin (this time) logic.
Original Vintage Art & Text
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Art by Vince Colletta Studio in the story “Loves Lovely Mirage” in FIRST KISS #36, 1964.
Transcript:
SCENE: A young man and woman are in the foreground. They’re on a date. In the background is an older woman.
MAN: You have a chaperone?
WOMAN: Yes! And it’s so unnecessary! I’ve ALMOST never gotten pregnant…on a first date!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: A young man and woman are in the foreground. They're on a date. In the background is an older woman.
MAN: You have a chaperone?
WOMAN: Yes! And it’s so unnecessary! I’ve ALMOST never gotten pregnant...on a first date!
1964 Art: Vince Colletta Studio
Color: Allen Freeman
36.1.2.2
by John | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Chasal (Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani) in the story “How He Came to Kiss Me” from FIRST KISS #21, 1961.
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Transcript:
SCENE: Man and woman kissing.
WOMAN (thinks): I don’t know
anything about him…except he’s a great kisser. But…maybe that’s enough!
1961 Art: Chasal (Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani)
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Dialogue & Lettering: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman kissing.
WOMAN (thinks): I don’t know
anything about him...except he’s a great kisser. But…maybe that’s enough!
1961 Art: Chasal (Charles Nicholas & Sal Trapani)
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira Dialogue & Lettering: John Lustig
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by John | Jul 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “Forced Meeting” in First Kiss #6, Nov. 1958.
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Transcript:
WOMAN: Someday I’ll marry the perfect man and we’ll LIVE happily ever after…after he leaves his wife, of course!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN: Someday I’ll marry the perfect man and we’ll LIVE happily ever after...after he leaves his wife, of course!
1958 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
FK6.5.3.2
by John | Jun 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hot News
With Monday (June 28) projected to be the hottest day (here in Seattle) in recorded history, I decided to cool off a bit (digitally) and run today’s comic. Given the current heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, even cartoonish rain is welcome.
How hot is it going to be in Seattle? The forecast is for 109 degrees F. That’s six degrees hotter than our record—and it’s still only June!!!
Shelagh and I will be fine. Unlike most Seattleites, we do have AC. But, we’re in the minority here. And it’s going to range from extremely uncomfortable to deadly for some folks in this region.
(Boy, it seemed like an extravagance when we plunked down the money for AC years ago, but it’s been well worth it over the years—especially as temperatures keep rising.)
My thanks to Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira for the cooler weather in today’s comic. Now if they—or anyone—can just figure out how to make it cooler in the real world. Seattle may be famous for its weather, but right now we could use more cool, wet relief!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Pencils by John Celardo from the story “Stand-In for Love” in Intimate Love #24, Sept. 1953.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman outside a building, running (or at least hurrying) in the rain. She is wearing either a kerchief or a rain bonnet on her head.
CAPTION: Soaked nearly to the bone, Nancy cursed her naivete. Her cruel sorority sisters had pranked her again. It most definitely was not raining men!
1953 Pencils: John Celardo New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman outside a building, running (or at least hurrying) in the rain. She is wearing either a kerchief or a rain bonnet on her head.
CAPTION: Soaked nearly to the bone, Nancy cursed her naivete. Her cruel sorority sisters had pranked her again. It most definitely was not raining men!
1953 Pencils: John Celardo New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Mike Sekowsky from the story “I Need Your Love” in New Romances #16, 1953.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman talking to a man.
WOMAN: I love that we have so much in common! You’re fabulously rich! And I’m fabulous and want to be rich!
1953 Art: Mike Sekowsky
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman talking to a man.
WOMAN: I love that we have so much in common! You’re fabulously rich! And I’m fabulous and want to be rich!
1953 Art: Mike Sekowsky
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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New Romance 16.8_5
