by John | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
A tale of time-traveling fun from Tony Isabella & Diego Jourdan Pereira!
Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Dick Giordano from I Love You #53, Oct. 1964. Charlton Comics. Click link to read the entire vintage comic book for free.
Transcript:
SCENE: Woman sitting in front of a typewriter, staring into space.
CAPTION: Staring vacantly around the room, accidental time-traveler Dora wondered why this computer…was taking so long to connect to the Internet.
1964 Art: Dick Giordano
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
Comic God: John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman sitting in front of a typewriter, staring into space.
CAPTION: Staring vacantly around the room, accidental time-traveler Dora wondered why this computer...was taking so long to connect to the Internet.
1964 Art: Dick Giordano
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer: Tony Isabella
Comic God: John Lustig
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by John | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
We can’t see Monk’s and Ham’s dates here. But writer Tony Isabella named these wind-blown women after real people. Who were they?
The first person to identify them properly wins…absolutely nothing. Except, of course, the glory of knowing you’re cooler than everyone else.
(Yes. This is gonna be embarrassingly easy for many of you pop culture fans.)
Vintage Art & Text:
Art & script by Jack Keller from the story “Highway Halfwits” in Teenage Hotrodders #15, 1965.
Transcript:
SCENE: Two grinning men as their hair blows in a fierce wind.
CAPTION: Doc Savage aides Ham and Monk…are on a
double-date.
HAM: Hey, girls!
Doesn’t this Wind Tunnel of Love…make my
hair look great? Bettie?
Bunny?
MONK: Our dates can’t hear you, shyster! They were blown…about 200 yards down this contraption!
1965 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer of Bronze: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Two grinning men as their hair blows in a fierce wind.
CAPTION: Doc Savage aides Ham and Monk...are on a
double-date.
HAM: Hey, girls!
Doesn’t this Wind Tunnel of Love...make my
hair look great? Bettie?
Bunny?
MONK: Our dates can’t hear you, shyster! They were blown...about 200 yards down this contraption!
1965 Art: Jack Keller Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Writer of Bronze: Tony Isabella
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by John | Apr 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m always happy to present a new comic written by the great Tony Isabella. I’m doubly pleased this time because today’s comic was a joint effort and (for the first time) I get to share a writing byline with Tony!
Art by Joe Sinnott & Vince Colletta from the story “The Day Manhattan Died!” in Gorgo #5, Jan. 1962. Charlton Comics.
Transcript:
SCENE: Gorgo and another monster (this one tentacled) are fighting, knocking over buildings as the city is in flames and a fighter jet fires at them.
CAPTION: Gorgo was done with this movie! He was a serious actor! He knew his lines! Why didn’t his costar know his? How hard was it to memorize…”RRAAAUUGHHH?”
1962 Art: Joe Sinnott & Vince Colletta Art Restoration: John Lustig
Writers: Tony Isabella & John Lustig
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↓ TranscriptSCENE: Gorgo and another monster (this one tentacled) are fighting, knocking over buildings as the city is in flames and a fighter jet fires at them.
CAPTION: Gorgo was done with this movie! He was a serious actor! He knew his lines! Why didn’t his costar know his? How hard was it to memorize..."RRAAAUUGHHH?"
1962 Art: Joe Sinnott & Vince Colletta Art Restoration: John Lustig
Writers: Tony Isabella & John Lustig
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by John | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
More whimsy from Black Lightning creator Tony Isabella—who is confronting “ghostly evil” in real life by running for office!
Art by John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
SCENE:
SCENE: Woman in a costume (trapeze artist or superhero, take your pick!) is on a stage. She appears to be doing a shimmy with a bunch of cloth behind her posterior. An appreciative audience looks on.
CAPTION: By day, Marissa’s the host of HGTV’s hit series Haunted House Renovation.
CAPTION: By night, she dons her mystic drapery to confront ghostly evil as…
CAPTION: Drapery Doll, the Material Girl Who Closes the Curtains on Evil!*
CAPTION: *Okay, well, she’s still working on her hero name. All the good ones have been taken.
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
Art by John Prentice from the story “Bedeviled” in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
↓ TranscriptSCENE: Woman in a costume (trapeze artist or superhero, take your pick!) is on a stage. She appears to be doing a shimmy with a bunch of cloth behind her posterior. An appreciative audience looks on.
CAPTION: By day, Marissa’s the host of HGTV’s hit series Haunted House Renovation.
CAPTION: By night, she dons her mystic drapery to confront ghostly evil as…
CAPTION: Drapery Doll, the Material Girl Who Closes the Curtains on Evil!*
CAPTION: *Okay, well, she’s still working on her hero name. All the good ones have been taken.
1956 Art: John Prentice Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
Art by John Prentice from the story "Bedeviled" in First Love Illustrated #69, Oct. 1956.
by John | Nov 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Art by John Tartaglione from the story “My Confidence Man” in FIRST KISS #5, 1958.
Transcript:
CAPTION: Jane Bond wishes she’d paid more attention to Q’s weapons briefing…
SCENE: Jane is holding a small tube thoughtfully.
JANE (Thinks): Is this the explosive lipstick or the aphrodisiac one? Will my target be shaken…or stirred?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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↓ TranscriptCAPTION: Jane Bond wishes she’d paid more attention to Q’s weapons briefing...
SCENE: Jane is holding a small tube thoughtfully.
JANE (Thinks): Is this the explosive lipstick or the aphrodisiac one? Will my target be shaken...or stirred?
1958 Art: John Tartaglione
Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella
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