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Tweak says, "Yowai mo"

strannik01 (strannik01) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-07 12:56:00

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era: golden age, genre: romance, publisher: harvey comics, status: public domain

When romance comics were downright creepy.

As anybody who read romance comics scans in both versions of our fine community can attest, romance comics often featured romances between young girls and men that were (at least) a couple of years older then them. But none of them were quite as creepy as "The Man of My Dreams," a story that appeared in Love Problems and Advice Illustrated #2. Now, I know that age consent worked a bit differently back then (it didn't count if you were married), but still... The names of the artist and writer who created this are lost in the mist of time, which is probably just as well.

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	dr_hermes 2009-10-09 01:58 am UTC (link)
	They're not? In that last panel, where they've got their arms around each other and the fronts of their bodies pressed together? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	I think you're missing the point, dear doctor strannik01 2009-10-09 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Sure they are. They are also kissing. As pressing their mouths together. Doesn't strike me as particularly brotherly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sistermagpie 2009-10-09 02:57 am UTC (link)
	And also their lips pressed together. They're kissing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-10-09 03:45 am UTC (link)
	They're doing both, hugging and kissing. It's not mutually exclusive. Was the point that the women aren't looking because our pair are hugging but because they're kissing? That wasn't clear in "They're not hugging". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	strannik01 2009-10-09 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Was the point that the women aren't looking because our pair are hugging but because they're kissing? That wasn't clear in "They're not hugging". Really? I thought it was self-evident. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sistermagpie 2009-10-09 03:55 am UTC (link)
	I believe I was responding to the idea that seeing two people hugging would make you assume they were related, like brother and sister. These two are snogging, so they wouldn't look like relatives. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-10-09 04:18 am UTC (link)
	Huh. Looks like I was sidetracked by more than one train of thought and replied to the wrong one? That's why I should mention who I'm replying to or quote. Sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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