Showing posts with label Negro Romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Negro Romance. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

NEGRO ROMANCE "Too Late for Love"

Boy meets girl...
...girl's best friend marries boy!
Girl falls for new boy, but then best friend and hubby re-enter girl's life and...
Presuming Artie does take her back and they marry, how are they going to get custody of the kid?
I suspect writer Roy Ald didn't really think the problem through in this never-reprinted story from Fawcett's Negro Romance #1(1950)!
The illustrator who hewed closely to the Fawcett "house style" is unknown.
Thanks to Kracalactaka for the scans.

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!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

NEGRO ROMANCES "My Heart's Dilemma"

Though the fact the book itself ever existed was ground-breaking...
...the stories themselves weren't as this never-reprinted tale from Fawcett's Negro Romance #1 (1950) shows!
The tale, though well-written, is generic.
There's nothing distinctive about it, though some comics of the era (especially EC), were willing to tackle topics affecting Black people on a daily basis!
Fawcett's romance series editor Roy Ald was the writer of this piece, as he was for all this particular book's stories!
However, the illustrator, who hewed closely to the Fawcett "house style", 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!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
And now a word from out sponsor...
featuring the cover art from all four HTF issues
on kool kollectibles!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

NEGRO ROMANCE "Love's Decoy"

Happy Valentine's Day to all!
To celebrate, here's the last tale from Fawcett's incredibly hard-to-find Negro Romance #2 (1950)!
Fascinatingly, except for skin color, this could be a tale in ANY romance comic of the period, which makes sense, since writer Roy Ald was also the editor (and occasional writer) of the Fawcett romance comics line including Sweethearts, Love Memories, Romantic Western, Love Mystery, and True Confidences, so he knew his stuff.
Artist Alvin Hollingsworth was one of the few Black comic artists of the 1940s-1950s, illustrating every genre from Westerns to horror to sci-fi to romance.Like many Golden Age comics artists, he went on to do commercial art as well as becoming a noted fine art painter with numerous gallery exhibitions.

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!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
And now a word from out sponsor...
featuring the cover art from all four HTF issues
on kool kollectibles!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

NEGRO ROMANCE "Forever Yours"

It's said that Love is blind.
In comics, at least, it's also color-blind.
Looks like a "happily ever after" scenario?
But, you know there's going to be potholes in the road to happiness!
This tale from Fawcett's Negro Romance #2 (1950) doesn't feature either a miracle cure or a "whoops, wrong diagnosis" ending, as so many of these tales often do!
It was written by Roy Ald (who was also the book's Editor) and illustrated by Rudy Palais, an artist with over 300 stories and covers during his long career from 1941 to 1957.
Tomorrow, a Valentine's Day BONUS
Another torrid tale from Negro Romances!
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

NEGRO ROMANCE "Possessed" Conclusion

Gloria was an lonely, insecure woman.
After being laid off from her job, she wandered into a park and sat next to a most interesting man, to whom she poured out her troubles.
That man, Lloyd, introduced her to his mother, who offered Gloria a job in her beauty salon.
Over time, Lloyd and Gloria fell in love.
But Gloria was frightened that this situation, like every one before it, would end abruptly, leaving her with nothing.
To prevent that, Gloria manipulated everyone; Lloyd, Lloyd's mother, and her co-workers, to create an environment where she would be indispensable to all.
When Lloyd brought home a fellow (female) college student at Christmas, Gloria thought she was a rival for his love and let him know, in no uncertain terms...
Fascinatingly, except for skin color, this could be a tale in ANY romance comic of the period.
Last month, the PBS series History Detectives did a segment on the issue (#2) of Negro Romance this story was taken from.
The artist, Alvin Hollingsworth, was one of the few Black comic artists of the 1940s-1950s, illustrating every genre from Westerns to horror to sci-fi to romance.
Like many Golden Age comics artists, he went on to do commercial art as well as becoming a noted fine art painter with numerous gallery exhibitions.
Another Black artist, Matt Baker, also did numerous romance comics (as we've shown HERE) as well as the Phantom Lady series which became notorious when one of it's covers became the centerpiece of a crusade against comics by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham.
(Note: the scans for this story from Negro Romance are from the History Detectives website.
Though we did scan the actual comics covers [not 2nd generation reproductions] for use on merchandise [see below], the books were encased in lucite [slabbed], so we couldn't access the stories for scanning.)
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!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
And now a word from out sponsor...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

NEGRO ROMANCE "Possessed" Part 1

It's said that Love is blind.
In comics, at least, it's also color-blind.
When Black or other ethnic characters appeared in titles published in the Golden Age of Comics (1940s-50s), they were usually stereotypes common to movies and radio shows of the period.
There were a couple of notable exceptions.
One was All-Negro Comics, a comic created and produced by a Black publishing house, which, ended up being a one-shot title.  (There's a fascinating article about it HERE.)
The other was a romance comic...Negro Romance, published by Fawcett Comics (Captain Marvel, Hopalong Cassidy) and Charlton Comics.
We'll go into the history of the book later.
Right now, let's look at love...
 WTF?
"Interesting", indeed!
Is Gloria's world about to crumble around her?
If so, what is she going to do about it...and to whom?
And what about the history behind the all-but forgotten Negro Romance comic?
To find out, you'll have to be here...Tomorrow!
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