by John | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized

Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” in New Romances #14, 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman opens the door of a darkroom—surprising a man and woman who are making out inside.
MAKEOUT WOMAN: OMG! It’s a darkroom nightmare! W-we’re…over exposed!
MAKEOUT MAN: Our sexy fun can’t develop! We’ve been… F-stopped!
WOMAN AT DOOR (thinking): Darn! I wanted to check out his focal length!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk312
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman opens the door of a darkroom---surprising a man and woman who are making out inside.
MAKEOUT WOMAN: OMG! It’s a darkroom nightmare! W-we’re...over exposed!
MAKEOUT MAN: Our sexy fun can’t develop! We’ve been... F-stopped!
WOMAN AT DOOR (thinking): Darn! I wanted to check out his focal length!
1952 Art: Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Art Code: DJP.lk312
by John | Mar 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
When I got my first newspaper job, I was not only a reporter. I was also a photographer.
For me, darkroom work was tedious. It took hours. And hours. And sometimes more hours to get things the way I wanted them. (And sometimes not even then!)
Plus, I usually did it in the evening—too busy during the day!—when all I wanted was to go home.
And then there was the time I got chemicals in one of my eyes! Arggh!!!
So I was happy to get out of photography when I started doing comics. Of course, I now spend hours and hours every week working in Photoshop. But, hey! No icky chemicals—so I’m happy!

Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe from the story “Kiss and Run” from NEW ROMANCES #14, 1952.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman standing in the doorway of a photography darkroom, staring in shock as a man and woman make out in the darkroom.
WOMAN (thinking): I knew something was developing in the Darkroom! But not this!
1952 Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.lk303
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman standing in the doorway of a photography darkroom, staring in shock as a man and woman make out in the darkroom.
WOMAN (thinking): I knew something was developing in the Darkroom! But not this!
1952 Art by Art Saaf & Mike Peppe Re-Creation: Diego Jourdan Pereira
DJP.lk303