Love and Marriage comic books issue 1

Pre-Code romance comic from Canadian publisher Superior, featuring elements of crime, infidelity and good-girl art that later romance comics eschewed. While her husband Eddie is assigned overseas, Gail decides she's not ready to be a soldier's wife, and starts dating Don - who's not ready to be tied down. Nat and Laura fall in love at a party, but fate and a fiery bus crash conspire to keep them apart. When Fred is accused of a hit-and-run, Lydia is the only one who will stand by him until the truth is revealed. For Better or for Worse; Paper Kisses; Forget If You Can!; My Love for Yours. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and Vince Alascia. Newlyweds find that while love solves some problems, others require negotiation. When Norma and Bill argue over her cooking, it's a sign of trouble, but prayer puts their relationship back on track. Terry offers to introduce handsome Jim to her college girlfriends, but he's more interested in Terry. Larry thinks Viv wants him to stop working so hard for selfish reasons, but she's actually concerned that he's killing himself with stress. The Prayer; The Conqueror; My Marriage; Duncan's Special Contentment; The Search; Six Months to Live; Time of Decision. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. By Liza Donnell and Michael Maslin. What happens when two cartoonists for The New Yorker fall in love and marry? Lots of witty wordplay, skewering drawings, and a healthy dose of illustrative competition. For twenty years, veteran cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin have been exploring in their work the ins and outs of marriage. From whimsical and wacky to risqué and barbed, their humor allows us to laugh at our follies and foibles and the insanity that is inherent in the day-to-day workings of every marriage. From meeting, wooing, and dating to marrying, divorcing, and remarrying, from having sex to having kids, the course of true love never runs smooth–but its excellent fodder for talented humorists. Here, Donnelly and Maslin offer a his-and-hers view of marriage, a cartoon conversation about all that love entails. From the wedding day (And do you, Louise, take Jack to be your husband until really, really pissed-off do you part?) to cohabitation (And this is where I go to escape from where I go to escape) to parenting (Dad says its all right with him if I watch TV as long as its not all right with you), husband and wife give us hilarious insights into the way relationships work. Cartoon Marriage shares clever takes on male/female communication (You could at least acknowledge the fact that Im ignoring you) and renovation (Ive made a few improvements, but the way you see him now is pretty much the way I found Harold eleven years ago). And of course, what view of marriage would be complete without a trip to the bedroom: Owen, look, the good-sex fairy. Featuring more than two hundred hilarious cartoons, Cartoon Marriage is a deliciously witty true-to-life look at matrimony, children, happiness, connubial squabbling, and everything in between. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.00.