Comments on: Girl Comics UPDATED http://adistantsoil.com/2009/12/30/girl-comics/ The Official Website of A Distant Soil, the legendary graphic novel series from Image Comics. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allan http://adistantsoil.com/2009/12/30/girl-comics/#comment-3011 Allan Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:13:45 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=5035#comment-3011 The romance comics are incredibly daft, and I'd hesitate to seriously recommend many of them, but there is the occasional gem. And the art, while often workmanlike, generally features solid storytelling of the kind that really ought to be studied. The romance comics are incredibly daft, and I’d hesitate to seriously recommend many of them, but there is the occasional gem. And the art, while often workmanlike, generally features solid storytelling of the kind that really ought to be studied.

]]> By: scribblerworks http://adistantsoil.com/2009/12/30/girl-comics/#comment-3008 scribblerworks Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:50:37 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=5035#comment-3008 Arlnee: I TOTALLY missed that line slipping past my self-censor. My subconscious is very tricksy (and since I had commented on why we have a hard time mixing WW and romance....). :P Heh. Arlnee: I TOTALLY missed that line slipping past my self-censor. My subconscious is very tricksy (and since I had commented on why we have a hard time mixing WW and romance….). :P Heh.

]]> By: Colleen http://adistantsoil.com/2009/12/30/girl-comics/#comment-3006 Colleen Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:44:49 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=5035#comment-3006 @ bodefan: Great link! Thanks!!! @ Mamid: Never a romance fan myself, but sometimes the art was good. I bet you'd like Marvel Romance Redux comics. Old books with new dialogue. Wacky hijinks ensue. Get the ones written by Kyle Baker and Keith Giffen. Screaming funny. @ bodefan: Great link! Thanks!!!

@ Mamid: Never a romance fan myself, but sometimes the art was good. I bet you’d like Marvel Romance Redux comics. Old books with new dialogue. Wacky hijinks ensue. Get the ones written by Kyle Baker and Keith Giffen. Screaming funny.

]]> By: mamid http://adistantsoil.com/2009/12/30/girl-comics/#comment-3004 mamid Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:27:05 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=5035#comment-3004 stuff like this makes me want to vomit. guess that's why i prefered GiJoe to My Little Pony... stuff like this makes me want to vomit. guess that’s why i prefered GiJoe to My Little Pony…

]]> By: bodefan http://adistantsoil.com/2009/12/30/girl-comics/#comment-3002 bodefan Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:41:38 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=5035#comment-3002 Fun post. I've been collecting romance comics on and off for a bout a decade now. Somebody else beat me to the book I was considering writing, but I have noticed that there's a much more aggressive, violent and occasionally homoerotic not-so-subtle subtext in the pre-code romance books. Heavy film noir influences in some of these.... Not that the fun of the post-code books isn't worthwhile too, especially the late 60s and early 70s books! I don't think Liz Berube's art ever appeared in mainstream comics other than the romance books. There's a nice entry on her here: http://sequentialcrush.blogspot.com/2009/10/artist-spotlight-elizabeth-berube.html Fun post. I’ve been collecting romance comics on and off for a bout a decade now. Somebody else beat me to the book I was considering writing, but I have noticed that there’s a much more aggressive, violent and occasionally homoerotic not-so-subtle subtext in the pre-code romance books. Heavy film noir influences in some of these….
Not that the fun of the post-code books isn’t worthwhile too, especially the late 60s and early 70s books! I don’t think Liz Berube’s art ever appeared in mainstream comics other than the romance books. There’s a nice entry on her here:
http://sequentialcrush.blogspot.com/2009/10/artist-spotlight-elizabeth-berube.html

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