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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!

2 comments:

  1. I love these! Thanks for sharing these wonderful artifacts!

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  2. Yes, thanks for posting these!

    We need this kind of thing at http://Comicater.com and http://TheConcreteJungleBook.com

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