Ring Game

Ring Game

Original Vintage Art & Text

Pencils by Dick Giordano (with inks by either Giordano or Vince Colletta) from the story “Letter from Long Ago” in First Kiss #6, Nov. 1958. Published by Charlton Comics.

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CAPTION: “Our love was dying! Jim had stopped showering me with gifts! In fact…I think he stopped showering at all! He was always too busy...rushing off to work…staying late…and coming home later. I knew he was having an affair! Oh, how had we come to this? In the beginning, everything had been so perfect! He’d buy me wonderful gifts! Flowers! Chocolate! Key issues of Silver Age comic books! And now…nothing! Surely, our love was doomed! Or so I thought, until…”

SCENE PANEL #1: Man's hand holding an engagement ring out to a crying young woman.

MAN: Surprise! I’ve been working extra hours to buy you...this!

WOMAN: An engagement ring? But I thought…

SCENE PANEL #2: Man puts engagement ring on the wedding ring finger of the woman.

MAN: Oh, honey! don't be silly! You don't have to think ever again! You're marrying me!

WOMAN: OH...Of course, darling! But still...I can’t help wondering…

“If we return this ring…can you image how many great comics we can buy?”

1958 Pencils: Dick Giordano Inks: Giordano or Vince Colletta Gift Exchange: John Lustig
FK06_03_3-4Less Dialogue

Pregnant? Maybe!

Pregnant? Maybe!

Meanwhile, back in 1958…
See the original 1958 art and dialogue for today’s Last Kiss webcomic here.

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WOMAN: Am I pregnant? Is it your baby? Follow me on Twitter and find out!

Pencils: Dick Giordano Color by Lustig
©2014 Last Kiss Inc.
6.1.6.3

Passion Aggression?

Passion Aggression?

Just in case there’s any doubt, we’re back to stand-alone gags for now. Totally random. No plan. No grand scheme…

Or so it would appear.

My readers often surprise me. You find ideas and themes that I didn’t know were there. You folks are wildly creative. (And you’re much too smart and sophisticated to be taken in by mere flattery!) So, maybe you’ll find a way to connect all the comics in the coming weeks. Maybe they’ll make sense to you as part of a single storyline.

If so, let me–and probably a qualified therapist–know!

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SCENE: Man and woman embrace under a full moon. The woman has her eyes closed in ecstasy.

WOMAN: It can’t get any better than this…unless you propose! No pressure, though!