by John | Oct 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Happy Halloween from me & my frequent collaborator Mike Pascale. May all your tricks be treats! —John
Art Notes: Few pieces of Last Kiss art have gone through as many changes as today’s comic. Here’s the original 1963 FIRST KISS art:
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from FIRST KISS #33, 1963.
And here’s the art after I asked Allen Freemen to extend the drawing (of the woman on the left) back in 2009. (To simplify the art and focus on the coffee drinker, I also asked Allen to omit the woman on the right:)
Years later, I needed a higher-res version of the image for a zombie coffee gag for a Finnish licensee who put it on a travel mug. So Diego Jourdan Pereira re-drew Allen’s art for me and then Mike Pascale added the zombie touches:
And then this year—when Mike and I were scrambling for Halloween gags—I suggested he modify his coffee zombie (removing the coffee and adding some blood around the mouth.) See? Simple! (When!)
Transcript:
SCENE: Zombie woman thinking.
ZOMBIE WOMAN: When we broke up, he told me to…eat my heart out! But his was so much tastier!
1963 Artist: Vince Colletta Studio Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Master of Macabre Modifications: Mike Pascale
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Art by Vince Colletta Studio from FIRST KISS #33, 1963.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Zombie woman thinking.
ZOMBIE WOMAN: When we broke up, he told me to...eat my heart out! But his was so much tastier!
1963 Artist: Vince Colletta Studio Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Master of Macabre Modifications: Mike Pascale
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Art by Vince Colletta Studio from FIRST KISS #33, 1963.
by John | Oct 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
A big thanks and a (virgin) Bloody Mary to my buddy Mike Pascale for the sharp-toothed art modifications and basic idea for this gag.
On Sunday night, I’ll be posting another Halloween collaboration I did with Mike. So stay tuned, kids—same vampire bat time, same vampire bat channel!
Artist unknown. From FIRST LOVE ILLUSTRATED #52, 1955.
Transcript:
SCENE: A flight attendant/stewardess is holding a tray of food and looks nervous as a vampire guy behind her looks like he’s about to bite her.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: So, uh…coffee, teA, or <gulp!> me?
1955 Artist unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Director of Vampire Dental Care: Mike Pascale
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Artist unknown. From FIRST LOVE ILLUSTRATED #52, 1955.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A flight attendant/stewardess is holding a tray of food and looks nervous as a vampire guy behind her looks like he's about to bite her.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT: So, uh...coffee, teA, or <gulp!> me?
1955 Artist unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Director of Vampire Dental Care: Mike Pascale
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Artist unknown. From FIRST LOVE ILLUSTRATED #52, 1955.
by John | Oct 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
No vintage art this time. The cat drawing is something Diego whipped up on his own!
Transcript:
Scene: Black-ish cat speaking.
CAT: Trust me! Kids love tuna-flavored Halloween candy!
1954 Artist Unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptScene: Black-ish cat speaking.
CAT: Trust me! Kids love tuna-flavored Halloween candy!
1954 Artist Unknown Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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by John | Oct 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE: Two people (shown as silhouettes) are sitting in a car in a cemetery. In the foreground, a man is carrying a shovel to dig a grave.
SIGN ON CAR: Dirt Cheap Mortuary
PERSON IN CAR: The boss said to “dig up” some customers! So…
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Two people (shown as silhouettes) are sitting in a car in a cemetery. In the foreground, a man is carrying a shovel to dig a grave.
SIGN ON CAR: Dirt Cheap Mortuary
PERSON IN CAR: The boss said to “dig up” some customers! So…
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story "Kiss and Run" in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
by John | Jan 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
My sister (Lisa Hernandez) has been a major help with my Last Kiss business. She has more business acumen—and more commonsense—than silly, impractical me. And she often helps me out at comic conventions.
But it never occurred to me that my sweet sis would want to write a Last Kiss comic. And it seemed even less likely that my cat-loving, zombie-hating sister would ever make a joke about a mangled feline. But…geez, what do I know?
Hey, Lisa. Got any vampire cat gags?
—
(Many thanks to Mike Pascale and Diego Jourdan Pereira for the revised art!)
1954 artist unknown. From the story “Chip on Her Shoulder” in TEN STORY LOVE #196.
Transcript:
SCENE: Very mangled (half-zombie?) cat says something to a woman who’s standing nearby.
CAT: oops! I thought that was life #8!
CAPTION: Be careful! It’s Friday the 13th!
Art: Diego Jourdan Pereira & Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Lisa Lustig Hernandez
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Very mangled (half-zombie?) cat says something to a woman who's standing nearby.
CAT: oops! I thought that was life #8!
CAPTION: Be careful! It’s Friday the 13th!
Art: Diego Jourdan Pereira & Mike Pascale
Dialogue: Lisa Lustig Hernandez
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