Roma comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Story and art by Myra Rose Nino. In this savory and sweet sapphic YA Romance graphic novel, a klutzy high schooler strives to learn her grandma's recipes and ends up falling for a no-nonsense classmate whose family owns a restaurant. What does cooking have in common with falling in love? They're both matters of chemistry! It's Sofia's last year in high school. All her friends are getting ready to go to far away colleges, but she doesn't know if that path is right for her. What Sofia does understand is that, ever since her grandma died, her mom has been distant. But maybe, if Sofia can learn how to make one of grandma's most cherished recipes, she and her mom's relationship can go back to the way it used to be. The only problem with that idea? Sofia is terrible at cooking. Enter Anna Marie, Sofia's super cute classmate who's everything Sofia isn't-- driven, disciplined, and a gifted chef. Despite getting on each other's nerves, Anna Marie starts teaching Sofia how to cook in exchange for her help around Anna Marie's family's restaurant. And soon enough, they discover that the sparks between them are more than just stovetop flames. But can love blossom when Sofia's and Anna Marie's lives are changing so much? Or will the impending pressures that come with graduation break them apart? Softcover, 5 1/2-in.x 8-in., 240 pages, full color. Age 12 and up Cover price $18.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Myra Rose Nino. In this savory and sweet sapphic YA Romance graphic novel, a klutzy high schooler strives to learn her grandma's recipes and ends up falling for a no-nonsense classmate whose family owns a restaurant. What does cooking have in common with falling in love? They're both matters of chemistry! It's Sofia's last year in high school. All her friends are getting ready to go to far away colleges, but she doesn't know if that path is right for her. What Sofia does understand is that, ever since her grandma died, her mom has been distant. But maybe, if Sofia can learn how to make one of grandma's most cherished recipes, she and her mom's relationship can go back to the way it used to be. The only problem with that idea? Sofia is terrible at cooking. Enter Anna Marie, Sofia's super cute classmate who's everything Sofia isn't-- driven, disciplined, and a gifted chef. Despite getting on each other's nerves, Anna Marie starts teaching Sofia how to cook in exchange for her help around Anna Marie's family's restaurant. And soon enough, they discover that the sparks between them are more than just stovetop flames. But can love blossom when Sofia's and Anna Marie's lives are changing so much? Or will the impending pressures that come with graduation break them apart? Hardcover, 5 1/2-in.x 8-in., 240 pages, full color. Age 12 and up Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects Marvel Romance Redux: But I Though He Loved Me (2006), I Should Have Been a Blonde (2006), Love is a Four Letter Word (2006) , Restraining Orders are for Other Girls (2006), and Guys and Doll (2006). Written by JEFF PARKER, JOHN LUSTIG, KEITH GIFFEN, JIMMY PALMIOTTI, JOHN LUSTIG, ROGER LANGRIDGE, KYLE BAKER, FRED VAN LENTE, MICHAEL LEIB, ROBERT FLEMING, KIRSTEN SINCLAIR, PETER DAVID, JOE LANSDALE, and PAUL DI FILIPPO. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, DON HECK, JOHN ROMITA, JACK KIRBY, GENE COLON, DICK GIORDANO, SOL BRODSKY, and VINNIE COLLETTA. Cover by FRANK CHO. Continuing the noble pursuit of taking funny old pictures and putting funny words on top of them! We've asked some of the funniest writers in comics today to look at the romance comics of yesteryear and put in some new dialogue that'll make us laugh! Unfortunately, the funniest writers were busy, so we had to settle on these guys. Hey, you get what you pay for! Softcover, 176 pages, full color. Cover price $13.99.

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Written by PETER DAVID, JOHN LUSTIG, KEITH GIFFEN& MIKE LEIB Penciled by GENE COLAN, SOL BRODSKY & DICK GIORDANO. Cover by Frank Cho. Come join the fun on the only book that fails miserably at tip-toeing the fine line between loving tribute and mocking irreverence! Our barely-restrained troupe of writers are set loose on Marvel Romance comics of yesteryear, and they ain't takin' no prisoners...yet (They might enjoy the company. Writers get awfully lonely.) 32 PGS. NO ADS!/All Ages Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Collects Love Romances (1949-1963) #89 and 101-104, My Love (1969-1976) #2, 14, 16 and 18-20, Teen-Age Romances (1949-1955) #77 and 84, Our Love Story (1969-1976) #5, and Patsy Walker (1945-1955) #119. Written by STAN LEE and GARY FRIEDRICH. Art by DICK GIORDANO, JACK KIRBY, GRAY MORROW, and SOL BRODSKY. Cover by JACK KIRBY. MY LOVE. TEEN-AGE ROMANCE. LOVE ROMANCE. Picking up a theme? The romance genre spanned nearly half a century, and now Marvel's picked some of its best from the sixties and seventies! "It Happened at Woodstock!" "My Heart Broke in Hollywood!" "Love on the Rebound!" Featuring Smart Styles and Heavenly Hairdos with Patsy Walker in a pre-Hellcat tale! Softcover, 176 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Written by Romano Scarpa and Rodolfo Cimino. Art by Romano Scarpa, Giorgio Cavazzano, Luciano Gatto, Sandro Del Conte. Cover by Romano Scarpa. Translated and Dialogue by Joe Torcivia, Thad Komorowski, Alberto Becattini, Byron Erickson, Jonathan H. Gray. Article by Francesco Stajano and Leonardo Gori.

Mickey Mouse and Uncle Scrooge tackle crafty - and not-so-crafty - crooks in adventuresin these comics stories by legendary Italian "Maestro" Romano Scarpa! In "The Man from Altacraz," Mickey tries to reform musical ex-convict J. Cobalt Bloogle - but another master criminal is using both Bloogle and Mickey to get his hands on a priceless treasure! Then, in "The African Queen," Goofy falls in love with Zenobia, ruler of a lost jungle kingdom... and Mickey's troubles are only getting started!

When Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventure serials in 1955, Italian Disney cartoonist Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) picked up the Mickey mantle - telling decades' worth of legendary tales himself! Now Fantagraphics is anthologizing Scarpa's best - and beyond this book's Mickey tales, we're also including Scrooge McDuck versus the Beagle Boys in "Risky Bees-Ness"... the tale of a sting gone wrong!

Hardcover, 8-in.x 11-in., 188 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Story and art byRomano Scarpa Mickey and Donald tackle arch-foes and family feuds in new-to-USA adventures by comics maestro Romano Scarpa! From Minnie to Horace to Mortimer Mouse, Mickey's friends and fiends are bewitched by Dr. Wrayspray and his amazing health tonic. But Mickey smells a rat - and the trail leads to Wrayspray's headquarters on Brigaboom, an amazing island that only appears once every five years... where Peg Leg Pete is cooking up a diabolical new racket! Next, it's Donald in deep duck trouble when he's forced to battle an army of AI-controlled evil toys in "Remotely Impossible" - and his own unhinged cousin in "The Unsinkable Kildare Coot!" Finally, Goofy's royal love interest returns in "The Famed Jumping Frog of Queen Zenobia"... with a criminal plot hot on her tail! When Disney Legend Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventure serials in 1955, Disney pundit Romano Scarpa (1927-2005) - born in Venice, Italy - picked up the Mickey mantel, telling decades' worth of legendary tales himself! In addition to writing Disney comics for 25 years, John Lustig (1953-), born in Seattle, Washington, has written outrageously silly comics for Marvel, Viz, and more. Lustig is best known for his Last Kiss comics, which feature vintage romance art with witty new dialogue. Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $29.99.

Hollywood gossip magazine featuring Rock Hudson, Marilyn Monroe, James Mason, Debbie Reynolds, Kim Novak, Robert Wagner, Judy Garland, Terry Moore, Ava Gardner, James Stewart, Robert Taylor and many more. Lots of photographs. 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 74 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Barbara Stanwyck cover. 8 Anonymous fiction stories.

Digest-sized, 5.25" x 7.5", 84 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

Digest-sized, 5.25" x 7.5", 84 pages, B&W Cover price $0.25.

One of the first comics created by African-American artists for an African-American readership. Photo cover. "My Heart's Dilemma"; Marjorie lives with her Aunt Louise; When Louise begins to date Jim, Marjorie fears her settled life will be uprooted. Marjories boyfriend Ray doesnt see it like this, but Marjorie goes out of her way to express her displeasure to her aunt; When she finds a telegram to Jim from "Marion" that suggests Jim is after Louises money, Marjorie seizes on it as proof of his perfidy. "A Tragic Vow"; When her longtime suitor Harry completes medical school and proposes to her, Janet postpones giving him an answer; She doesnt love Harry but doesnt want to lose him "until someone else comes along"; Helen starts dating Tom, a hospital administrator, but refuses to tell Harry, even though he decides to quit his internship so they can wed sooner. "This Time For Keeps" text story by Ruth Day. Too "Late For Love"; Diane loves Hank but he marries her best friend Mary and they move away; Diane dates Artie and he proposes to her; However, when Mary dies, leaving a young daughter, Diane consoles Hank; He wants to resume their relationship and when Artie finds out, he breaks up with Diane. True-to-life Romances ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Giveaway comic distributed by Seamen's Health Education Program, warning of health risks, specifically about engaging with sex workers. 8 pages, full color.

August 1968. Fanzine by Ronn and Coreen Foss. Robert Heinlein article. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 40 pages, black and white.

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1st printing.

Story and art by S. W. Searle.

Sensual, sweet, and beautifully illustrated, Patience & Esther is a steamy period romance and an inspirational erotic journey across the epic sweep of history, from the end of a gilded age to the start of an uncharted future.

Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 280 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $20.00.

1st printing. Story and art by by Paul Barlow. At the turn of the last century, our hero, Troy is reunited with his long-lost sister Lucinda, and together they take up residency at Phoenix Square. Amongst the labyrinthine buildings, Troy must confront Pygmalion, Master of the Arts and Creator of Life, fight the terrifying Wolf-Man, and escape the clutches of the wretched and ruined Mr. Mycroft in his Warehouse of Terror. Join Troy's journey through this 200-page tale of Victorian folly as he learns to accept that his sister may not be the saviour he had been searching for. A stirring tale of innocence corrupted, daemons, monsters, and old-fashioned family values. Softcover, 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Fine $9.00

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1st Printing. Cover price $3.95.

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2nd and later printings. Cover price $3.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $40.00

1st printing. Edited by Chris Pitzer. Featuring the talents of the best and brightest of the worlds of independant comics and animation, and storyboard design Project: Romantic is an anthology about love and love stuff. Hardcover, full color. MATURE READERS. NOTE: Limited Edition of 500 copies. Cover price $60.00.

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1st printing. Edited by Chris Pitzer. Featuring the talents of the best and brightest of the worlds of independant comics and animation, and storyboard design Project: Romantic is an anthology about love and love stuff. Softcover, full color. MATURE READERS. Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $14.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Liv Stromquist.

The internationally acclaimed activist follows up her satirical work of graphic medicine with this collection of humorous comics essays about how historical and societal shifts have altered - and perhaps destroyed - "romantic love."

The deceptively simple through-line for Swedish media personality and activist Liv Strömquist's The Reddest Rose is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of twentysomething models? Her answer - in the form of this collection of well-researched, humorous comics essays - tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyoncé, conceptualized romantic love. Strömquist's signature interlocutor characters, drawn in a zine-y, flat, blocky style, ask each other questions and offer sharp commentary as they guide readers throughout history and the change in societies' values, from showing love/loving to getting love/being loved. (Poet Hilda "H.D." Doolittle - who was so love-stricken by a man taking off his glasses that she believed they viewed dolphins together in another dimension - lends the book its title.) Lord Byron, Socrates, Byung-Chul Han, Ezra Pound, Slavoj Žižek, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Ariadne, and many others make cameos.

For the first time in English, in The Reddest Rose, Strömquist wonders: in a rationalist, consumerist world, can romantic love survive?

Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 184 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

1st printing. Written by Nora Neus. Art and cover by Julie Robine. Seventeen-year-old Helena "Nell" Cusack came to New York this summer looking for a story, a real story. She dreams of one day writing hard-hitting articles for the New York Chronicle, but so far she's only managed to land a job as a lowly society reporter. That is, until Alice Austen strolls into her life, an audacious street photographer who encourages Nell to shake up polite society... and maybe also take a chance on love. When her best friend, Lucia, is injured while working in a garment factory, Nell is determined to crack the story wide open. Posing as a seamstress, she reports on the conditions from the inside, making a name for herself as the Chronicle's first ever stunt girl. But as Nell's reporting gains momentum, so do the objections of those who oppose her. Will Nell continue to seek justice-even if it hurts her in the end? Based on real-life stunt girl Nell Nelson and photographer Alice Austen, this tenderly drawn narrative is about bringing buried stories to light and the bravery of first love. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $18.99.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

by Alan Brooks From the people that brought you Ray Harryhausen's Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers comes a brand new adventure! Ret Romanne is from the Off World Base of Untopia, a world of surveillance cameras, monitoring, and investigation under the eyes of 'Destinies Designed Corporation.' Pat Riot, Operations Manager at the Corporation may have something to do with Ret's demise as a succesful test pilot and his being the partner of Glenda. At least, Ret thinks so. Once Glenda was a starlet in the making, but now she works in the Diner at the end of the road where Ret lives. After his crash, the couple fell apart, and now Ret's body still burns to this day! Cover price $3.99.

1st printing.

Art and cover by Ogden Whitney. Introduction by Liana Finck.

Ogden Whitney was one of the unsung masters of American comics. Best remembered for co-creating the satirical superhero Herbie Popnecker, Whitney's romance comics of the late 1950s and 1960s may be even more unique. In Whitney's hands, the standard formula of meet-cute, minor complications, and final blissful kiss becomes something very different: an unsettling vision of midcentury American romance as a devastating power struggle, a form of intimate psychological warfare dressed up in pearls and flannel suits. From suburban lawns and offices to rocket labs and factories, his men and women scheme and clash, dominate and escape.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

Romance comics from the artists of Britains Revolver magazine. Stories and art by D'Israeli, Migualanxo Prado, Shaky Kane, Nick Vince, Chris Webster, Sean Phillips, Myra Hancock, Caroline Della Porter, Julie Hollings, Daniel Cacouault, Ed Hillyer, Si Spencer and Mark Laming. Mature readers. Full color; 60 pages. 8.25" x 12". Cover by Brian Bolland.

Edited by Roger Broughton. Stories by Joe Gill and others. Art by Dick Giordano, Kenneth Landau, Tony Tallarico, Rocke Mastroserio, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Jon D'Agostino. Sometimes listed as Young Lovers #1; indicia lists it as Rock & Roll Romance #1. ACG Comics reprints classic romance comics from Charlton and ACG in the 1950s. A biography of Elvis Presley, focusing on his then-current movie debut in The Reno Brothers, later retitled Love Me Tender; Why talking too much keeps men away; A woman sees an old flame on the subway, but is uncertain whether to approach him. Featuring reprints from Charltons Young Lovers and ACGs My Romantic Adventures. Outrageous Flirt; Strength Is In The Heart; Blind Love; Biography Of Elvis Presley; How Beautiful My Love; A Lamb In Wolf's Clothing; Take Love For Life; Here's How You Can Lose Him!; Love's Low Road; Panic. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Printed in Japan. Japanese language Roman Album softcover book featuring Illustrations by Yoshiyuki Takani. 8.5-in. x 10-in. 106 pages, full color.

Educational comic from the Rosen Classroom series. By Tom Daning. 28 pages, full color.

All text cover. Mostly reprinted fiction stories. Series features classic authors like Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ambrose Bierce, etc. Cover price $0.25.

All text cover. Mostly reprinted fiction stories. Series features classic authors like Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ambrose Bierce, etc. Cover price $0.25.

All text cover. Mostly reprinted fiction stories. Series features classic authors like Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ambrose Bierce, etc. Cover price $0.25.