Motherly Anticipation

Motherly Anticipation

Last Kiss comic for lk20200508

Happy Almost Mother’s Day!

Vintage art & text.

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story Loves Lovely Mirage” in FIRST KISS #36, 1964.

 

Transcript:

SCENE 1: Baby in a pile of cartoony love hearts.

CAPTION: With a mere 26 weeks to go, new mom-to-be Eva Eveready experiences an early case of nesting instinct that won’t quit!

SCENE: A young woman named Eva is painting a house and mowing the grass.

EVA: Only 8,769 things left to do! I can’t wait to have the baby…so I can relax!

Are you a mom? If so, you may be too busy to read this comic!

Baby Art: maivi 1964 Panel Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman @2020 Last Kiss Inc

36.1.9.3

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SCENE 1: Baby in a pile of cartoony love hearts.

CAPTION: With a mere 26 weeks to go, new mom-to-be Eva Eveready experiences an early case of nesting instinct that won’t quit!

SCENE: A young woman named Eva is painting a house and mowing the grass.

EVA: Only 8,769 things left to do! I can’t wait to have the baby...so I can relax!

Are you a mom? If so, you may be too busy to read this comic!

Baby Art: maivi 1964 Panel Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman @2020 Last Kiss Inc

36.1.9.3

Tough On Your Mother

Tough On Your Mother

Art by Bob Powell in the story “I Was the Loneliest Girl In School” from HI-SCHOOL ROMANCE #3, 1950

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Transcript:
SCENE: Guy (Who Looks Like Jimmy Olsen) watches in disbelief as a woman walks away from him.
WOMAN: It must have been tough on your mother, not having any children!*
1950 Art: Bob Powell Re-Creation: Allen Freeman
*Dialogue from the 1933 film 42nd Street
(Starring Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler)
AF.lk1.3

Mother’s Day Goes to the Dogs

Mother’s Day Goes to the Dogs

Artist unknown. From the story “A Good Life” in FIRST KISS #12, 1960.

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Closeup of a dog (a fox terrier) growling.

DOG: Doggone it! It’s Mother’s Day…and I still feel like a bitch! Grrrrrr

1960 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira

Artist unknown. From the story “A Good Life” in FIRST KISS #12, 1960.

DJP.lk378 FK12.7.1.3

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SCENE: Closeup of a dog (a fox terrier) growling.

DOG: Doggone it! It’s Mother’s Day...and I still feel like a bitch! Grrrrrr

1960 Artist Unknown Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira

Artist unknown. From the story "A Good Life" in FIRST KISS #12, 1960.

DJP.lk378 FK12.7.1.3

Mother So Superior

Mother So Superior

Pencils by Charles Nicholas from the story “The Necklace” in First Kiss #12, Jan. 1960.

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Man in evening jacket and woman talking outside in a woodsy setting.

MAN: I believe our lives are ruled by a superior being!

WOMAN: So, you know about my mom!

1960 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Color: Allen Freeman

Pencils by Charles Nicholas from the story “The Necklace” in First Kiss #12, Jan. 1960.

FK.12.2.1.2

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SCENE: Man in evening jacket and woman talking outside in a woodsy setting.

MAN: I believe our lives are ruled by a superior being!

WOMAN: So, you know about my mom!

1960 Pencils: Charles Nicholas Color: Allen Freeman

Pencils by Charles Nicholas from the story "The Necklace" in First Kiss #12, Jan. 1960.

FK.12.2.1.2



Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “The Face of Love” in FIRST KISS #19, 1961.

 

Transcript:

Doctor and patient wrapped up in bandages like a mummy.

DOCTOR: Happy Mummy’s Day!

1961 Art: Vince Colletta Studio      Color: Allen Freeman

Art Code:19.2.5.1

 

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Doctor and patient wrapped up in bandages like a mummy.

DOCTOR: Happy Mummy’s Day!

1961 Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman

19.2.5.1

Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story "The Face of Love" in FIRST KISS #19, 1961.