by John | Apr 30, 2024 | Blog
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Photo of Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Leo White. Chaplin and White (who looks a bit like Salivdor Dali) are glaring at each other with Edna in the middle.
CAPTION: When manly men meet...
The competition to be the alpha male is intense. Is brain power the winning factor? Big muscles? The size of a man’s...uh, hands? No! It’s who has the best facial hair!
CHARLIE: Me!
LEO: No, me!
EDNA (thinking): Frankly, I don’t care...as long as it isn’t me!
(L to R): Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Leo White in A Jitney Elopement, 1915.
Slightly Hairy, Always Harried: John Lustig
by John | Jan 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Color Version:
I experimented with colorizing the black & white original of this photo, but I wasn’t completely happy with it. The original B&W version (with an added tint) gave the image more of an old-time, vintage look–that seemed to work better with the innocent nature of the woman’s question.
(Plus I thought a photo with flesh-colored side boobage might be a little too daring for my GoComics.com/lastkiss site.)
So I went with the b&w version.. But here’s the colorized image just to show how it would’ve looked.
My attempt to do a “quick” colorization–that turned out to be not so quick–of a candid photo of silent film actress Bessie Love, mid-1920s.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Tinted, black & white 1920s photo of a young woman in overalls.
CAPTION: Delia thought she knew all about the latest trends in high fashion, but...
DELIA: Underwear? What's that?
Silent film actress Bessie Love in the mid-1920s
Fancy Pants Writer: John Lustig
silent film actress Bessie Love.Mid 120s_B&W
by John | Jul 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: Adult cowgirl talking to adult cowboy. She is behind him and has one hand on her shoulder. There’s a faint smile on her lips.
COWGIRL: Sure, Butch! You cut ‘em off at the pass! And, if any get past you, I’ll lure ‘em to my place…and make hot, sweaty love to ‘em ’til the sheriff arrives to arrest ‘em!
COWBOY: It sounds crazy! But it could work!
Image: Louise Lovely & William Farnum in
the 1919 film The Lone Star Ranger
New Rootin’ Tootin’ Dialogue: John Lustig
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Adult cowgirl talking to adult cowboy. She is behind him and has one hand on her shoulder. There's a faint smile on her lips.
COWGIRL: Sure, Butch! You cut ‘em off at the pass! And, if any get past you, I’ll lure ‘em to my place…and make hot, sweaty love to ‘em ’til the sheriff arrives to arrest ‘em!
COWBOY: It sounds crazy! But it could work!
Image: Louise Lovely & William Farnum in
the 1919 film The Lone Star Ranger
New Rootin’ Tootin’ Dialogue: John Lustig
by John | Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Transcript:
SCENE: 1905 tinted-photo of a young woman.
CAPTION: Penelope wondered if her mother was right. Were men all brutes who would ravage you in a never-ending rampage of lust? If so, how could she get one…or two…for herself?
1905 Photo: Gertrude Käsebier Model: Minnie Ashley
Time Traveler: John Lustig
PhotoByGertrude Kasebier
↓ TranscriptSCENE: 1905 tinted-photo of a young woman.
CAPTION: Penelope wondered if her mother was right. Were men all brutes who would ravage you in a never-ending rampage of lust? If so, how could she get one...or two...for herself?
1905 Photo: Gertrude Käsebier Model: Minnie Ashley
Time Traveler: John Lustig
PhotoByGertrude Kasebier
