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Girls' Romances

Summary

Girls' Romances is a romance comic anthology published by DC Comics in the United States. Debuting with a Feb.,/Mar. 1950 cover-date, it ran for 160 issues, ending with the Oct. 1971 issue (the final issue came out on October 3, 1971, and sold for $0.25).[2]

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Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
ScheduleBi-monthly, monthly
FormatOngoing
GenreRomance
Publication dateFeb./March 1950 — Oct. 1971
No. of issues160
Creative team
Artist(s)Mike Sekowsky, Tony Abruzzo, Gene Colan, Lee Elias, Gil Kane, Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, John Romita, Sr., John Rosenberger, Art Saaf, Jack Sparling, Alex Toth, George Tuska

Mike Sekowsky was a regular artist on the book from 1952 to the end of its run. Other artists on the title included Tony Abruzzo, Gene Colan, Lee Elias, Gil Kane, Win Mortimer, Bob Oksner, John Romita, Sr., John Rosenberger, Art Saaf, Jack Sparling, Alex Toth, and George Tuska. Nick Cardy drew many covers.

Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein based a number of his works on panels from Girls' Romances, including In the Car (sometimes called Driving) (1963),[3][4] We Rose Up Slowly (1964),[5] and Sleeping Girl (1964).[6]

Further reading edit

  • Robbins, Trina (1993). A Century of Women Cartoonists. Kitchen Sink Press. ISBN 0-87816-206-2.
  • Robbins, Trina (1999). From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Comics from Teens to Zines. Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-2199-4.

References edit

  1. ^ Barsalou, David. "In the Car", Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein (2000). Retrieved Sept. 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Girls' Romances". Comic Vine. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. ^ Tony Abruzzo panel, Girls' Romances #78 (Sept. 1961).
  4. ^ Sherwin, Skye (15 Sep 2017). "Roy Lichtenstein's In the Car: a dramatic close encounter". The Guardian. The artist zoomed in on his source material, the comic strip Girls' Romances....
  5. ^ Girls' Romances, no. 81 (Jan 1962).
  6. ^ Tony Abruzzo panel, Girls' Romances #105 (Oct. 1964).

External links edit

  • Girls' Romances at the Grand Comics Database
  • Girls' Romances at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)