Love and Staples: Romance in the Comics
Michelle Nolan and Suzan Loeb talked about their history with romance comics. Michelle about her reading them and Suzan about writing love advise columns for the 2 Marvel romance comics in the 1960s. Michelle spoke about the origins of Romance Comics, how the Kirby and Simonson stories were great, the difference between novels and comics, how the comics code censored romance comics, Michelle’s favorite artists, the best and worst romance series and teen humor books. Suzan revealed how and why she was hired by Stan, working in the bullpen with the other Marvel staffers and John Romita Sr. in particular, Suzan getting first editions on her books from the press, they went through some romance comics they had, spoke about their other books, Michelle’s funny Stan Lee story and the change in Romance comics as collectables over the years. The panel was moderated by Justin Crouse.
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