| LC control no. | sh2002006065 |
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| Topical heading | Romance comic books, strips, etc. |
| See also | Comic books, strips, etc. |
| Scope note | Here are entered comic books, strips, etc. that revolve around a central romantic relationship. Comic books, strips, etc. that depict or discuss love, but do not revolve around a central romantic relationship, are entered under Love--Comic books, strips, etc. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Love--Comic books, strips, etc. |
| Found in | Work cat.: Martinet, J. Truer than true romance: classic love comics retold!, 2001. Heart throbs: the best of DC romance comics, c1979. Online, Feb. 15, 2002 Jenny Miller's Archive of Golden Age Romance Comics (on Office of Technology Assisted Learning site, Univ. of Maryland). A very brief history of romance comics: Romance comics were one of five major genres of adult comics which boomed after World War II. The so-called golden-age of comics begin in 1935 and ended at about the time of the self-imposed Comics Code of 1954. The main period of interest to this archive is the third phase of the golden era, from 1948 to 1954 ... For the first and last time, adult women were consumers of comics. And although the genre is largely dismissed by comics aficionados today, it was created by two of the most revered artists and writers of the time: Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, who kicked off Young Romance in 1947 ... by 1949 there were 120 romantic titles on the market, most of which were intended for an adult audience ... DC Comics carried a few romance titles into the late '70s, but by then the heyday of the romance comic had long passed) Boys love manga and beyond : history, culture, and community in Japan, 2015: p. 1 (boys' love manga--same-sex male romances and erotica written mostly by and for women; In Japan, boys' love is simply one of many genres that make up the artistic/literary form called manga. Like other manga genres, boys' love stories appear in professional publications, as well as in self-published (dōjinshi) formats which may include characters borrowed from other authors' manga, anime, video games and other products. Boys' love runs the gamut from complex graphic novels dealing with serious issues to light-hearted, erotic short pieces in which neither plot nor theme play significant roles) p. 7 (the romantic fantasy worlds of boys' love) |
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