May 8, 2011
The Golden Era of Romance Comics
Selections from a new anthology of beautiful mid-century kitsch.
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Pop-culture obsessive Michael Barson has spent the last decade collecting hundreds of romance comics from the 1940s and '50s — a treasure trove of conservative ideas about love, life, and exactly which values a girl should absorb on her way to womanhood. We've got some great images; be sure to check out the rest in Michael Barson's Agonizing Love: The Golden Era of Romance Comics, out May 10 from Harper Design.
ABOVE: Boy Loves Girl #33, April 1953
Commentarium (13 Comments)
brilliant!
the third one is so sad ): almost made me cry....ahhh mothers ;__;
The book cover is wonderful!
mm totally
I WAS A BALLERINA WITHOUT LOVE
AHAHAHAHAHAHA Every time I pirouetted, there was no one to catch me!
If you need someone to catch you after a pirouette, you're doing it wrong. ;-)
Winky-smiley face is to show that, yes I'm fully aware of how needlessly pedantic I'm being.
That sentence doesn't mean anything!
Oh my.
Why is "a man to marry" in quotations?
I love that this is listed on Nerve under "Advice" lol
i like this photo.
Thank God! Smeonoe with brains speaks!