by John | Jan 20, 2026 | Blog
Queen for a day. Queen for life. But not necessarily your life.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: King (with many medals on a military style uniform) and queen-to-be with a castle in the background. Man and woman.
QUEEN: So, let me get this straight your majesty! If I marry you will I still be the queen...even if you die mysteriously on the first night of our honeymoon?
KING: Yes! but...why do you ask?
QUEEN: Just checking...for a friend!
Actors Mae Murray and Jean Hersholt in the 1923 silent movie Jazzmania
Clown Prince: John Lustig
Original b&w still from 1923’s Jazzmania.
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by John | Aug 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: Actors Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver are sitting in an amusement park ride car having just exited from The Tunnel of Love ride. Buster looks like he’s been beat up. He has a black eye and his hat is demolished. Phyllis ls fine and looks straight ahead.
BUSTER: I thought
the Tunnel of Love would be… more fun!
PHYLLIS: It’s your own fault! Next time don’t play so hard to get!
Image: Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver in the 1923 film The Balloonatic
New Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Actors Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver are sitting in an amusement park ride car having just exited from The Tunnel of Love ride. Buster looks like he's been beat up. He has a black eye and his hat is demolished. Phyllis ls fine and looks straight ahead.
BUSTER: I thought
the Tunnel of Love would be... more fun!
PHYLLIS: It’s your own fault! Next time don’t play so hard to get!
Image: Buster Keaton and Phyllis Haver in the 1923 film The Balloonatic
New Dialogue: John Lustig
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by John | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m dedicating this one to Bob Cumbow—my good friend, my great lawyer and my Alfred Hitchcock guru extraordinaire!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
Scene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.
CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!
CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed…
CAPTION: …ready to dump on his head.
CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.
1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptScene: Outside. Woman seems alarmed as she watches a man walk away. They are outside and we can see the sky in the background. In the foreground, a pigeon is flying. It is the only bird we see here.
CAPTION: Warren had turned his back on her for the last time!
CAPTION: She had a purse full of bird seed...
CAPTION: ...ready to dump on his head.
CAPTION: She hoped the pigeons were famished.
1952 Art: Saaf & Mike Peppe
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
More fun from guest writer (& fun-loving summer camp counselor with a secret) Tony Isabella.
Printed Version of Original, Vintage Art & Dialog:
Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE Woman and man in a car. The man is driving.
CAPTION: Why you should watch horror movies
WOMAN: Oh, Bob, darling, I’m so excited about our summer jobs. Just imagine…we’ll be senior counselors at secluded…Camp Erie Background Music!™
MAN: it’ll be great, Betsy! Hip young newlyweds and a bunch of horny teens with cliché personality flaws…
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE Woman and man in a car. The man is driving.
CAPTION: Why you should watch horror movies
WOMAN: Oh, Bob, darling, I’m so excited about our summer jobs. Just imagine...we’ll be senior counselors at secluded...Camp Erie Background Music!™
MAN: it’ll be great, Betsy! Hip young newlyweds and a bunch of horny teens with cliché personality flaws...
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | May 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
1961 artist unknown. From the story “Suddenly…It’s Love” in FIRST KISS #19.
Transcript:
WOMAN (who looks upset and is holding her head as if she has a headache) is a passenger in a car driven by a man.
WOMAN: Did you ever spend 10 nights in a Turkish Bath looking for a man? Well, don’t!*
CAPTION: *Quote from the movie T-MEN, 1947
1961 Artist Unknown Color: Dan McConnell
Quote Suggested by Charles Pelto
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↓ TranscriptWOMAN (who looks upset and is holding her head as if she has a headache) is a passenger in a car driven by a man.
WOMAN: Did you ever spend 10 nights in a Turkish Bath looking for a man? Well, don't!*
CAPTION: *Quote from the movie T-MEN, 1947
1961 Artist Unknown Color: Dan McConnell
Quote Suggested by Charles Pelto
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