Showing posts with label Frank Bolle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Bolle. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Amorous Education TEEN CONFESSIONS "Fast Cars and Faster Women"

In the mid-1970s, the TV series Happy Days was a smash hit!
So it's not surprising that some comics tried to "go retro" with 1950s-style nostalgia!
In the case of Charlton, which had a huuuuge amount of actual 1950s material it could've reprinted, they decided to do some new "period piece" stories!
Note: the cover is by Frank Bolle, who was working in comics during the 1950s doing everything...including romance comics, as shown HERE and HERE! and was active in the field 
But the story from Charlton's Teen Confessions #93 (1976) is illustrated by Demetrio Sanchez Gomez, a much younger artist.
Did Gomez capture the "feel" of the 1950s?
Judge for yourself...
IMHO, unlike the two previous stories he illustrated (HERE and HERE) which were set in the "present" (mid-1970s) and truly embody the visual aesthetic of the period, this one doesn't really fulfill it's intent, despite his obvious extensive research into the cars, fashions, and even hairstyles, of the 1950s!
Next Week:
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

ADVENTURES IN ROMANCE "Heels Over Head In Love"

With Labor Day coming up, it's time to ease into Autumn...
...with a story from the short-lived (and never reprinted) St John's Adventures in Romance #1 (1949)!
Written by the prolific Dana Dutch, about whom very little is known, except his extensive list of  comic scripts.
Interestingly, out of 206 identified scripts, over 200 were romance stories, with a smattering of superhero and high adventure!
Illustrated by the versatile Frank Bolle, who's still active in the field today!
Here's his website!
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

HAUNTED LOVE "I'll Never Let You Go!" Conclusion

Jill loved Burt, then fell out of love with him.
On the night they broke up, Burt died in a car crash some believe was suicide caused by a broken heart.
Jill felt guilty, but eventually moved on, fell in love with Arthur, and married him.
However, Burt, even though deceased, was still obsessed with Jill.
Now the newlywed has a spectral stalker who still intends to make her his...
This never-reprinted tale of jealousy from beyond the grave, written by George Wildman and illustrated by Frank Bolle, appeared in Charlton's Haunted Love #2 (1973).
Next week:
The Return of Reach for Happiness...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Things are really getting juicy...)

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

HAUNTED LOVE "I'll Never Let You Go!" Part 1

Jill was loved by two men!
...Problem is, one of them is dead, and just won't let go!
Well, at least Burt's not going on the honeymoon!
What will Jill do?
This never-reprinted tale of ghostly obsession, written by George Wildman and illustrated by Frank Bolle, appeared in Charlton's Haunted Love #2 (1973).
Next week...
Our Annual Halloween presentation of spooky,  sci-fi, and Gothic romance tales concludes!
And, as always, we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

ADVENTURES IN ROMANCE "It's Co-old Outside"

With a winter storm sweeping through the country...
...it's time to go skiing in a bikini!
(Tess isn't cold!
She's wearing gloves and earmuffs!)
Of course, any artist will tell you that a blank canvas is almost always white/off-white, so he/she only needs white paint for touch-up or mixing with other colors to lighten them!
So, running out of white paint is the least-likely situation an artist would experience!

This otherwise entertaining little tale from St John's Adventures in Romance #2 (1950) was illustrated by the versatile Frank Bolle, who's still active in the field today!
The scripter is unknown.
Next week:
We haven't decided yet what it'll be, but we can guarantee that...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(You will! Really!)
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