Once upon a time, the best selling comics weren’t about superheroes – they were romance anthologies. You can find my review of a collection of the oldest romance comics line, Young Romance, here. These romance comics were unabashedly soapy and melodramatic, but not very diverse. Now we have a new romance comic magazine, Fresh Romance. In my review of the first issue, I said that the first issue was too short but that the stories … Continue reading Fresh Romance #2, Ed. by Janelle Asselin →
When people think of comic books today, they usually think of superheroes. But in the 1940’s through the 1970’s, romance comics were just as well known as superhero comics, if not more so. Most of the stories were told from the perspective of the heroine but were written and illustrated by men. The content of the stories fluctuated with social mores and with the rise of the Comics Code Authority, but the romances were always … Continue reading Fresh Romance, Ed. by Janelle Asselin →
Welcome to Wednesday Links! It is getting very warm here in the Northeast and the underboob sweat is upon us. It’s definitely time to break out the window unit and a good book. … While I’m not a huge fan of Jennifer Aniston (in terms of her movie/TV career), I’m loving the blog she recently wrote for The Huffington Post on the media’s obsession with women’s bodies: We are complete with or without a mate, with or … Continue reading Links: Comic Con, Jennifer Aniston, & Alyssa Cole →
