The Kiss after Midnight

'The Kiss after Midnight'

When I first saw the trailer for 'The Long Kiss Goodnight' it seemed to be a straightforward movie adaption of an indy-comicbook. It's somehow natural for an extrapolation/tribute taken from the original film to adopt the strip format in that sense. Admittedly, it's too short because I'm completely slow but the transition tends to work and it may be closer to the feel of the film than the proposed sequel which is currently being devised without the Black/Harlin/Davis' lead character; 'Charlie'.

This particular strip has been at the bottom of my portfolio for several years in the absence of either a Shane Black, or L.K.G. fansite - despite the borderline cult status of the movie. There's also the uneasy visual connotations of the penultimate panel which I thought it best to bury for a while.

Apparently there was a working title for a sequel around the time of the original: 'The Kiss after Lightning' which is where the title of this caper is taken from.

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