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Who Needs Science? Punxsutawney Phil Predicts…
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SCENE: Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerges from a hole. Behind him in the distance is a tornado.
CAPTION: Who needs science? Not Punxsutawney Phil--the new director ot the U.S. Dept.. of Fact-Free Decrees!
PHIL: Good news! I don’t see my shadow so I predict…good
weather for the foreseeable future!
Foreground Photo: Simone Scholten via Unsplash
Dorothy Gale Fan Club: John Lustig
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CAPTION: Who needs science? Not Punxsutawney Phil--the new director ot the U.S. Dept.. of Fact-Free Decrees!
PHIL: Good news! I don’t see my shadow so I predict…good
weather for the foreseeable future!
Foreground Photo: Simone Scholten via Unsplash
Dorothy Gale Fan Club: John Lustig
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Imagine That
Sorry. No link to the original art for now. We’re revamping the website and until that’s finished, I can’t do links.
—John
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WOMAN: I don’t believe in science! And neither do my imaginary friends!
1952 Artwork: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe
Re-ink & New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Imaginary Humor: John Lustig
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1952 Artwork: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe
Re-ink & New Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Imaginary Humor: John Lustig
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They Learned My Secret
More Last Kiss fun from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Inks and possibly pencils by Vince Colletta from the story “His Face Before Me” in Romance Stories of True Love #51, Sept. 1958. Published by Harve Comics.
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MAN: It’s my last day, Agnes. I’ve been fired as part of the new anti-DEI policies.
WOMAN: But...you’re male and straight and really white.
MAN: They learned my secret. By day, I’m just another guy who’s barely adequate at this job. But, by night…
MAN: ... I identify as Wakandan.
1958 Art: Matt Baker?
& Vince Colletta
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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WOMAN: But...you’re male and straight and really white.
MAN: They learned my secret. By day, I’m just another guy who’s barely adequate at this job. But, by night…
MAN: ... I identify as Wakandan.
1958 Art: Matt Baker?
& Vince Colletta
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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Not-So-Lucky Leprechaun
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
And—much more importantly—Happy Anniversary to my wife Shelagh Lustig. It seems impossible that it’s been 41 years. Oh, that’s right. We got married when we were in preschool during first recess. Instead of a honeymoon, we had nap time after lunch.
Also, Many thanks to Mike Pascale for the great gag—plus the art changes that created the leprechaun!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Gay Deception” in First Kiss #8, April 1959. Published by Charlton.
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Synopsis of the Original 1959 Story
(As described by ComicBookPlus)
Teased about not having a boyfriend by her engaged sisters, Gwen responds by telling them she is keeping company with Don Swanson. Don is actually dating Lola, but Lola is out of town so Don agrees to help fool Gwen’s sisters for a while.
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LEPRECHAUN: Why is the government confiscating me pot o’ gold?
WOMAN: Why is the government confiscating me pot o’ gold?
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Mike Pascale & Allen Freeman
Leprechaun & Laughs : Mike Pascale
WOMAN: Why is the government confiscating me pot o’ gold?
1959 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Mike Pascale & Allen Freeman
Leprechaun & Laughs : Mike Pascale
