by John | Jan 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Transcript:
The soft-minded man always fears change.
He…has an almost morbid fear of the new.
For him, the greatest
pain is the pain of
a new idea.
–Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash
↓ TranscriptThe soft-minded man always fears change.
He...has an almost morbid fear of the new.
For him, the greatest
pain is the pain of
a new idea.
--Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash
by John | Sep 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy Labor Day!
Sure, Last Kiss traffics in weird humor. But even I was surprised when Mike Pascale suggested the gag for today’s comic. Linking the Labors of Hercules with the labors of childbirth—for Labor Day? It seemed unlikely. Even impossible. But Mike pulled it off beautifully. Thanks, Mike!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Cappello & Vince Alascia from First Kiss #11, 1959. Click link to read entire, vintage comic.
Transcript:
SCENE: Hercules on a swimming raft with a beautiful woman in a modern bathing suit and a child in a bathing suit.
HERCULES: I’m HERCULES! I performed 12 LABORS–beat that!
WOMAN: Easy! I’m a woman–I was in labor for 12 HOURS!
Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia
Herculean Labor Day SPX & Wit: Mike Pascale
©2013 Last Kiss Inc
11.4.4.2
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Hercules on a swimming raft with a beautiful woman in a modern bathing suit and a child in a bathing suit.
HERCULES: I'm HERCULES!
I performed 12 LABORS--beat
that!
WOMAN: Easy! I'm a woman--I was in labor for 12 HOURS!
Art: Art Cappello & Vince Alascia
Herculean Labor Day SPX & Wit: Mike Pascale
©2013 Last Kiss Inc
11.4.4.2
by John | May 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
↓ TranscriptImage of a tombstone in a cemetary with two American flags on the gravestone.
Tombstone Inscription: Too Many
1776 -- Now
Beloved spouse, parent, offspring, friend, patriot and more.
Modified from a photo by Cross-Keys Media Text & SPX: John Lustig
by John | Apr 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy Easter!
(And big thanks to pals Allen Freeman and Mike Pascale for the art.)
Transcript:
SCENE: Beautiful woman in a costume that resembles the Playboy bunny outfits.
BUXOM BUNNY: The
Easter Bunny
can’t make it. So I
got out this costume from my Playboy
days! Now where’s
your wife and
kids? I can’t wait to surprise them!
2010 Art: Allen Freeman Bunnification: Mike Pascale
AF010.1.Allen.Easter.MP.TallFlat
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Beautiful woman in a costume that resembles the Playboy bunny outfits.
BUXOM BUNNY: The
Easter Bunny
can’t make it. So I
got out this costume from my Playboy
days! Now where’s
your wife and
kids? I can’t wait to surprise them!
2010 Art: Allen Freeman Bunnification: Mike Pascale
AF010.1.Allen.Easter.MP.TallFlat
by John | Apr 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy Easter!
Transcript:
SCENE: Five Easter Island statues.
STATUE #1: Linus lied! The Great Pumpkin isn’t coming!
STATUE #2: We were blockheads to wait for him instead of our true lord!
STATUE #3, 4 & 5 (shout): All hail the Easter Bunny!
CAPTION: The Rocky History of Easter Island
Based on a photo by Yoko Correia Nishimiya
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Five Easter Island statues.
STATUE #1: Linus lied! The Great Pumpkin isn’t coming!
STATUE #2: We were blockheads to wait for him instead of our true lord!
STATUE #3, 4 & 5 (shout): All hail the Easter Bunny!
CAPTION: The Rocky History of Easter Island
Based on a photo by Yoko Correia Nishimiya
