The Story of a Man Named Brady

The Story of a Man Named Brady

Vintage art and text.

Finally! The Last Kiss version of what really happened on the Brady Bunch.

 

Tony Isabella

Here's a recent newspaper interview with guest writer Tony Isabella---with considerable emphasis on the Black Lightning TV show and Tony's  March 9 appearance on the show.Here’s a recent newspaper interview with guest writer Tony Isabella—with considerable emphasis on the Black Lightning TV show and Tony’s  March 9 appearance on the show.

 

 

The Original Art

Art by Alex Toth & Mike Peppe from the story “The Man Who Was Always On Time” in Out of the Shadows #12, March 1954.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transcript:

SCENE: Dapper, mustached man wearing a dinner jacket smokes and speaks. He smiles slightly.

MAN: This is my story. The story of a man named Brady. But it doesn’t have a happy ending like on TV. How could it have gone so terribly wrong? It was Alice. Crafty, seductive Alice…

1954 Art: Alex Toth & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella

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SCENE: Dapper, mustached man wearing a dinner jacket smokes and speaks. He smiles slightly.

MAN: This is my story. The story of a man named Brady. But it doesn’t have a happy ending like on TV. How could it have gone so terribly wrong? It was Alice. Crafty, seductive Alice...

1954 Art: Alex Toth & Mike Peppe Color: Diego Jourdan Pereira
Guest Writer: Tony Isabella

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Too Happy To Be A Star

Too Happy To Be A Star

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MAN to WOMAN: But we can’t be happy! Happy people aren’t reality TV stars!

Art by Vince Colletta Studio

Remotely Controlled

Remotely Controlled

Men, there’s only one way to stay in control of your own destiny. It’s called a “TV remote control.”

Guard it. Protect it. Keep it nearby and you control…the universe!

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SCENE: Woman in foreground. In background, a sad man with a pipe.

WOMAN: So you agree I’m right?

MAN (thinking): Must say yes! She's too powerful...as long as she has the TV remote!

The Fast Lane to Reality TV? Unreal!

The Fast Lane to Reality TV? Unreal!

Dear Future Celebrities:

Good news. You can become famous quickly and ridiculously easy. Here’s how:

Just do something outrageous. Do it in public. Throw in a bit of stupidity and sex (or violence) and — bingo. Instant fame. Enjoy it…while it lasts!

Or you can do something worthwhile. If you get famous for that then great! If not, well…at least you won’t be a total jerk!

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SCENE: Man and woman talking to a young woman.

MAN: As actors we can’t get arrested! But as bank robbers we’ll
become reality TV stars...

WOMAN: If we don't get shot first!

The Santa Conspiracy

The Santa Conspiracy

I know I just ran a comic the other day about Fox News. (Or rather Foxy News.) But don’t worry. I’m not going to make a habit of this..

Last Kiss will always be more about wacky relationships and absurd lust than topical events and celebrities. (Hmm. If I did a Tiger Woods gag I could have both. No. No. Must resist.)

But every once in awhile I do have an opinion and occasionally it escapes into my work.

And, yes, I have a very, very low opinion of Fox News. But, I have a pretty low opinion of most TV news. I’m a former newspaper reporter. And the only way most underpaid newspaper reporters can get through the day is by telling themselves that TV reporters are overpaid bums who just report headlines, stand in front of car crashes and smile.

Of course, this is an incredibly broad over-generalization. In fact, it’s like something you’d hear on a 24-hour news broadcast…that fills its time with opinions, sensationalism and fluff.

I know…I’m ranting. Sorry. Next week we’re back to just funny. No axes will be ground. No soap boxes will be mounted. In the meantime, if you want a soap box of your own–leave a comment!

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FEMALE TV REPORTER: Is Santa a socialist? Is Obama behind these holiday handouts? Details tonight on Fox News!