Marvel Romance Redux
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The only reason I ever looked at old romance-themed comics as a kid was to see the pretty girls. The stories were usually awful. Recently, Marvel comics began re-issuing its vast library of romance comics with a delightful twist -- the scripts have been rewritten as biting satire. One of my favorite writers, Paul Di Filippo, wrote a great script in the August 2006 issue called "Love Me, Love My Clones."
Maybe Marvel can do the same thing with its old western and monster comics next! Link
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How can I order all of the marvel romance redux - I only have one so far - Guys and Dolls - and would like the others. I live in Holland.
thanks,
Arlette
Posted by: arlette | July 25, 2006 4:50 AM
Actually, this idea was done first by Jeanne Martinet, in a book called "Truer Than True Romance: Classic Love Comics Retold". She took old romance comics and put different words in the word bubbles. It's truly hilarious and they have it at Amazon.
Posted by: Reagan Middlebrook | July 29, 2006 4:39 PM