A Cat Hater’s Story?

 last130909Lucinda Becomes a Cat Lady

I recently posted a panel depicting a woman who’s breeding cats—even though her handsome neighbor hates them. A lot of fans have asked me how this romance turned out.

Frankly, this little saga is full of hilariously inappropriate moments too absurd to miss. So here’s the entire seven-page story in all it’s catty infamy!

(Scans courtesy of http://comicbookplus.com/ —a terrific site to read old comics.)

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Feline Friend—or Fiend?

Feline Friend—or Fiend?

Original art from Ten-Story Love #196, 1954. Artist unknown.

Original art from Ten-Story Love #196, 1954. Artist unknown.

If you’d like to read the entire original romance story in all it’s wildly sexist, cat-dissing glory, it’s here.

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WOMAN: Someone peed in my shoe!
CAT: You mean…besides me?

Artist Unknown Restoration & Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira

©2013 Last Kiss Inc
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Doggy Date

Doggy Date

I wrote this gag for the “pet issue” of The Dayton City Paper—which runs Last Kiss every week. Yes, I do requests—occasionally. And this one was a bit of a challenge. Romance doggy style!

Below is the original romance art…which is at least as strange as the version I did!

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SCENE: A dog is sitting next to a man and a woman who are on a park bench.

DOG (thinking): Too much talk! When’s he going to sniff her butt?

Color by Dan McConnell

His Cat Loves Me

His Cat Loves Me

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WOMAN #1: His mom loves me! His boss loves me! Even his cat loves me!

WOMAN #2: Now if only you can convince him...that he loves you!

Doggone Love

Doggone Love

You’ll never sleep alone if you have a dog!

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SCENE: A man is holding a woman from behind her back. She looks back at him in distress.

MAN: I need love!

WOMAN: Buy a dog!

Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia Color by Allen Freeman