by John | Dec 14, 2025 | Blog
She loves telemarketers!
Sorry. No link to the original art for now. We’re revamping the website and until that’s finished, I can’t do links.
—John
↓ TranscriptVOICE ON PHONE: Hi! I…
WOMAN TALKING ON PHONE: Oh, darling! I’m so glad you called! I want you here...naked and in bed with me!
VOICE ON PHONE: Sounds great, lady. But, uh…who do you think I am?
WOMAN TALKING ON PHONE: Does it matter?
1953 Art: John Celardo Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Switchboard: John Lustig & Rich Hernandez
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by John | Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by John Celardo from the story “Stand-In for Love” in Intimate Love #24, Sept. 1953. Standard Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Closeup of a woman talking on an old-fashioned telephone.
WOMAN: A wrong number? Not necessarily! Are you married? And, if not, how soon can you get here?
1953 Art: John Celardo Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Romance God: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Closeup of a woman talking on an old-fashioned telephone.
WOMAN: A wrong number? Not necessarily! Are you married? And, if not, how soon can you get here?
1953 Art: John Celardo Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Romance God: John Lustig
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by John | Feb 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Original, Vintage Art & Text:
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “A Moment to Remember” in FIRST KISS #21, 1962.
Transcription:
SCENE: A woman talking on the phone.
VOICE FROM PHONE: I love you!
WOMAN TALKING ON THE PHONE: I love you too!
CAPTION: The True Definition of a “Perfect Call!”
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Art Code: 21.1.4.6
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “A Moment to Remember” in FIRST KISS #21, 1962.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: A woman talking on the phone.
VOICE FROM PHONE: I love you!
WOMAN TALKING ON THE PHONE: I love you too!
CAPTION: The True Definition of a “Perfect Call!”
Art: Vince Colletta Studio Color: Allen Freeman
Art Code: 21.1.4.6
Art by Vince Colletta Studio from the story “A Moment to Remember” in FIRST KISS #21, 1962.
by John | Jan 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
For those of you who don’t read comics (or minds), Charles Xavier is “Professor X”—the telepathic leader of Marvel’s mutant X-Men.
Not that this is a test, but—bonus points if you know why the woman in today’s Last Kiss comic can’t be writer Tony Isabella’s Marvel character Misty Knight.
Pencils by Mike Sekowsky from the story “Date with Scandal” Pencils in Intimate Love #28, Aug. 1954.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman holding her hand up to her forehead.
WOMAN (thinks): What an incredible telepathic booty call! Maybe this long-distance thing…with Charles Xavier…can work out after all!
1954 Art: Mike Sekowsky Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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Pencils by Mike Sekowsky from the story “Date with Scandal” Pencils in Intimate Love #28, Aug. 1954.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman holding her hand up to her forehead.
WOMAN (thinks): What an incredible telepathic booty call! Maybe this long-distance thing...with Charles Xavier...can work out after all!
1954 Art: Mike Sekowsky Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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Pencils by Mike Sekowsky from the story "Date with Scandal" Pencils in Intimate Love #28, Aug. 1954.
by John | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
From now on, I intend to answer all phone solicitors, survey takers and wrong phone numbers (anyone asking for money) with this punchline.
Art by Ernesto R. Garcia from “You’re Fired, Darling!” Career Girl Romances #45, 1964.
Transcript:
Nominated for the Phone Survey Hall of Fame!
WOMAN TALKING ON PHONE: You wanna know my New Year’s resolutions? Gee, mister, it’s kinda personal, but…I resolvedto have more sex! So, uh…What are you wearing?
1964 Art: Ernesto R. Garcia Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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↓ TranscriptNominated for the Phone Survey Hall of Fame!
WOMAN TALKING ON PHONE: You wanna know my New Year’s resolutions? Gee, mister, it’s kinda personal, but...I resolvedto have more sex! So, uh...What are you wearing?
1964 Art: Ernesto R. Garcia Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
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