by John | Sep 22, 2024 | Blog
Original Vintage Art & Text
Inks by Vince Colletta from the cover of First Kiss #5, Sept. 1958. Published by Charlton.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Man and woman embracing, talking and probably about to kiss.
CAPTION: Never a social butterfly--or even a particularly likable caterpillar--Ron Redux doesn’t date! Or talk to women! Or even leave his house! But then, one day he’s struck by a magical bolt of comic book irony and becomes everyone’s favorite superhero...Major Success!
MAN: Nothing is impossible for me now! I can fly! turn time backwards! and bend men to my will!
WOMEN: What about women? Can you...bend me?
MAN: Honey, if you were anymore bendable, you’d be a puddle on the floor!
WOMAN: Then get a mop, baby! and kiss me quickly...because I‘m melting fast!
CAPTION: Remember, kids! Don’t try this at home...unless you’ve got flood insurance!
1958 Inks: Vince Colletta New Color: Allen Freeman
Have Mop, Will Travel: John Lustig
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by John | Feb 25, 2024 | Blog
Angela Knight
It’s always fun for me when writer friends pen a Last Kiss. Their gags are always expressions of their own personalities and humor. And they always surprise me.
Angela Knight, best selling erotic romance writer.
Best-selling, erotic-romance author Angela Knight went above and beyond, though. She also let me use the art she created for one of her books, Unmasked. (“Things get hot when heroes take off their masks — among other things!”)
Plus today’s Last Kiss turned into a bit of a collaboration. I wrote the opening caption. (“How do superheroes pay their super bills…”) So extra fun for me.
Like me, Angela has her roots in newspaper reporting and writing comics. Most notably, she wrote a three-issue, 1988 comic book series, CyCops for David Anthony Kraft’s company Comics Interview.
Best-selling New York Times Author
In 1996, Angela discovered small press publisher Red Sage, and realized her dream of romance publication in the company’s Secrets 2 anthology.
She published several more novellas and a novel with the company before going on to write for the Berkley Imprint of Penguin Random House. Books from her Mageverse and Time Hunters series hit the New York Times list. She was also the recipient of a Career Achievement award in Paranormal Romance from Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine
Angela lives in South Carolina with her husband, Michael, a detective with the Spartanburg City Police Department. The couple has two grown sons, Anthony and James Berg.
For more about Angela, check out her bio at https://www.angelasknights.com/about.html
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Two superheroes--one male and one female--pose in their skin-tight super suit. The woman is posed that her tush is prominently on display.
CAPTION: How do superheroes pay their super bills? Some squeeze coal into diamonds! Others become wealthy orphans! And the rest? They sign autographs and pose for photos at comic cons!
FEMALE SUPERHERO: Hurry up and take the photo, iPhone Boy! Holding my ass in this position makes my back hurt!
Art & Dialogue: Angela Knight angelasknights.com
Opening Caption: John Lustig
Art & Dialogue: ©2024 Angela Knight
Opening Caption: @Last Kiss Inc.
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by John | Aug 15, 2023 | Blog
A new Last Kiss by Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Jill Elgin from the Girl Commandos story “Bomber in the Straw” in Speed Comics #29, Nov. 1943. Published by Harvey.
Curious to see more? Click the link above to read the entire vintage comic book for free on ComicBookPlus.com’s presentation of the comic. The story begins on Page 50.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Several young women/teen girls are staring out a window at a starry sky and something in the distance.
CAPTION: The Holiday Girls are at summer camp. Their chaperones are Wonder Woman...
and Steve Trevor.
GIRL ONE: WW snuck away with Steve...
for some private time.
GIRL TWO: Don’t they know we can see right into...her invisible robot plane?
GIRL THREE: Oh, my!
GIRL FOUR: Ain’t love grand?
1943 Art: Jill Elgin Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
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by John | Jun 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today’s Flag Day comic is really two comics in one.
First, there’s the vintage, Nazi-fighting art from Our Flag Comics #3. It struck me how different times were back in 1941 and how united we were (by the end of that year) against “the bad guys.” These days, alas, we can’t even all agree who the “bad guys” are.
Second, there was this incredible, completely over-the-top caption in the 1941 art. I thought it was jaw-dropingly bizarre, but also a lot of fun. So I decided to share it with you. But—fearing that the type would be too small—I enlarged it for readability. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
(Below is a miniature version of the vintage,
untouched art so that you can see the original layout
and what I covered up when I enlarged the caption.)
Art by Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3, Dec. 1941.
Transcript:
SCENE: Superhero dressed somewhat like an American flag, punches out a bunch of Nazis in a subway as terrified citizens look on in the background.
THE FLAG: That’s
what I love about America in 1941…Everyone agrees about who the bad
CAPTION BOX: Born with a chest birthmark resembling the American Flag, Jim Courtney, adopted son of John Courtney, an old flag maker and war veteran known as “Old Glory,” has been endowed by the immortals of U.S. history with the strength of a hundred men and the speed of the wind. When traitors seek to destroy our country, Jim Dons the special patriotic uniform made for him by “Old Glory” and goes forth as that hard-hitting, patriotic avenger, The Flag, to crush and destroy them!
Happy Flag Day!
Dec. 1941 Art: Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3
New Dialogue: John Lustig
Yellow caption box is enlarged, but contains the original,
1941 textfeaturing the origin of The Flag. Writer unknown.
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Superhero dressed somewhat like an American flag, punches out a bunch of Nazis in a subway as terrified citizens look on in the background.
THE FLAG: That’s
what I love about America in 1941...Everyone agrees about who the bad
CAPTION BOX: Born with a chest birthmark resembling the American Flag, Jim Courtney, adopted son of John Courtney, an old flag maker and war veteran known as “Old Glory,” has been endowed by the immortals of U.S. history with the strength of a hundred men and the speed of the wind. When traitors seek to destroy our country, Jim Dons the special patriotic uniform made for him by “Old Glory” and goes forth as that hard-hitting, patriotic avenger, The Flag, to crush and destroy them!
Happy Flag Day!
Dec. 1941 Art: Harry Anderson from Our Flag Comics #3
New Dialogue: John Lustig
Yellow caption box is enlarged, but contains the original,
1941 textfeaturing the origin of The Flag. Writer unknown.
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by John | Feb 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
You can still vote for Last Kiss model Felina Vie in Inked Magazine’s cover girl contest. (You’ll need a Facebook account to sign in to vote.) Vote for free once every 24 hours. Thanks!
Transcript:
President Abe Lincoln: I’m finally in a comic? Really? And it’s…Last Kiss?!! So no superhero suit? No cape? What’ll I tell Mary? I promised her we’d play Caped Crusader and First Lady tonight!
Happy President’s Day!
↓ TranscriptPresident Abe Lincoln: I’m finally in a comic? Really? And it’s…Last Kiss?!! So no superhero suit? No cape? What’ll I tell Mary? I promised her we’d play Caped Crusader and First Lady tonight!
Happy President’s Day!
