My Comical Romance

Sue is a typical teenager in the early 1970s, trying to find her place in a changing world. She's got a loving boyfriend and a caring father, but her mother is a "Women's Lib" activist, who doesn't seem to trust any man who comes into Sue's life. How will her mom react when Sue takes a job at the local gas station -- putting her own boyfriend out of work -- but her boss seems to take more than a business interest in her?

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In this episode we review the first-ever Romance Comic story, from 1947’s “Young Romance” by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: “I Was a Pickup!” Poor Toni got herself a bad reputation as a “pick-up” – a girl who once let herself get picked up by a boy, and now all the guys think they can take advantage of her. But all she wants is true love like any “good” girl…

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Doris is someone we can really relate to! She's obsessed with Romance Comics... She avoids and rejects all the unworthy suitors of the real world, preferring the fantasies of love and happiness that she finds in the illustrated stories of her comics. So what happens when a "real" man comes along, who also loves Romance Comics, to disrupt her dreamy thoughts?

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Poor Cora has confronted such disappointing failures throughout her young life: not having the prettiest dress at a party, not being chosen Best Student... Now she's determined to succeed in the world of business, and she's not going to allow something as unimportant as "love" to distract her. But what is she to do when a handsome co-worker starts to show interest, and warns her that he may be her one chance at True Love... should she still pursue her career dream, and possibly miss out on the opportunity that happens only "Once to Every Girl"??
Another fun romp with, oh yeah, a trigger warning for sexual assault. If that's love, maybe Cora should stick to her job after all.

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Guys, have you ever wished that love could just kind of happen to you? Without any of the work? Well in this episode we have a story for you! A beautiful, popular woman takes pity on a lonely young man and soon transforms his life both romantically and professionally! Despite the man's constant efforts to undermine her!

Also in this episode we have a brief discussion of the issue's advertisements and the strange things you could buy from your typical romance comic!

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A college girl learns that love isn't easy when you're dating a dirty, no-good hippie. In this episode Alexandra and David take a look at the student protests of the late 60s and early 70s in Love Diary #67. Did you know that all hippies were just trouble-makers looking for personal glory? Neither did we!

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Welcome to Episode 2 of My Comical Romance, our podcast dissecting vintage (= "bad") romance comic books from the 1950s-'70s. Our window into the emotions and dreams of the American heart...

Nancy is innocently walking into a doorway to a store in New York (which may or many not be on a corner), when she accidentally encounters a mysterious man with deep dark eyes, and her life quickly spirals out of control, as she experiences desires and feelings that she (apparently) has never felt before... or has she?

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of My Comical Romance! Alex and David present and interpret the passions and pathos of vintage Romance Comic Books. This first episode is entitled "Those We Care For" -- a deep exploration of 1950s-style psychoanalysis, and one girl's quest to kill her father multiple times...

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