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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Romance-Au-Go-Go!
I love romance comics... mainly as anthropological artifacts of the social patterns of a far off time....
Also, some of them are pretty darn funny, since they're mostly written by men!
Take some of those Charlton books below... it's a safe bet they were all written by Joe Gill... and when I think of romance, Joe Gill is the first thing that pops into my head.....
Actually - No. I'm being sacastic.
The art, on the other hand, ranges from ghastly (and NOT in a good way) to sublime, for example the Tom Sutton psycheledic cover to I Love You 118, plus outstanding work by Gene Colan, Jay Scott Pike and John Rosenberger.
See? This blog isn't just the boy's club-house after all!
ACG's Romantic Adventure #23
First Love 37
Secret Romances 22
True Life Secrets 23
Secret Romance 11
Just Married 60
Love Diary 49
Hollywood Romances #58
Love Diary #66
Career Girl 56
I Love You 118
Secrets of Young Brides 8
Girls Love 122
Girls Romances 139
Girls Romances 141
Secret Hearts 116
There's 16 of 'em...
They're beautiful...
.... and they're all YOURS!
See you tomorrow, you sappy mush-heads!
I love these! Thanks for sharing these wonderful artifacts!
ReplyDeleteYes, thanks for posting these!
ReplyDeleteWe need this kind of thing at http://Comicater.com and http://TheConcreteJungleBook.com