How Thanksgiving Really Started

How Thanksgiving Really Started

More holiday zaniness from guest genius Mike Pascale.

By the way, Mike is an avid football fan—particularly when it comes to the Seattle Seahawks.

If you suffer from a similar affliction, then check out his Seahawks webcomic on Facebook–-Game BUZZ.

To the right is the art as it originally appeared in First Kiss #38 (1964.)

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SCENE: Indian woman talking to a Pilgrim at a dinner table.

WOMAN: So Thanksgiving is a holiday to celebrate...what?

PILGRIM: Football!
Gag & Pilgrim-ification: Mike Pascale
Extra Stuffing: John Lustig

©2012 Last Kiss Inc


Thankful for…Me!

Thankful for…Me!

If you’re reading this, I’m thankful. Happy Thanksgiving!

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MAN (to woman): Sure! We should be thankful! Me...'cause I'm me! And you...'cause you're with me!

Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Alascia

Thanksgiving  Right Now!

Thanksgiving Right Now!

I’m thankful almost beyond words to be home from the Portland Comic Book Show. (Great convention, but lousy weather the next day.)

It was a treacherous 11-hour drive to Seattle (normally takes three!) through a snow storm with 70 mph wind gusts and conditions that made driving two miles-per-hour seem like speeding.

I’m especially thankful to my sister and brother-in-law (Lisa and Richard Hernandez.) Rich drove the whole way (except for a scary 15 minutes–more about that another time.)

When it proved impossible to make it all the way to home to Shelagh in North Seattle, Lisa and Rich put me up for two days at their home on Mercer Island.

So–thankful? You bet.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

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SCENE: Man and woman embracing in a kitchen.

WOMAN: Let’s give thanks now...
before your family shows up!

Me? Cook?

Me? Cook?

Fortunately (for everyone’s sake) I’m not expected to cook this Thanksgiving. So there’s much to be thankful for right there. No food poisoning this year. No need for anti-acids. No desperate three-legged, relay races (Don’t ask!) to the bathroom.

Just family, friends, fun and honestly good (as in tasty and digestible) food.

I hope you and your family enjoy the same!

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SCENE: A very alarmed woman reacts to some bad news.

WOMAN: Oh, no! You expect me to cook!