Saturday, October 15, 2011

DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE "Kiss of Death" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...Anne Mason lying in a coffin after being attacked by strange beings...
...and now, the astounding conclusion to this tale from Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #3 by Jack Oleck and Don Heck!
Ah, a happy ending...

But not for Gothic Romances in comic book form!
This title, DC Comics' Dark Mansions of Forbidden Love, only lasted four issues before becoming Forbidden Tales of the Dark Mansion, a standard horror comic that ran ten more issues.
Its sister title, Sinister House of Secret Love suffered a similar fate, turning into Secrets of Sinister House, also after four issues.
Marvel Comics' attempt at a similar title was not a comic, but a b/w magazine with prose stories and spot illustrations called Gothic Tales of Love.
It died after three issues.
Charlton Comics' Haunted Love was the second-longest running series with ten titanic issues of weird love. 
We've presented a couple of stories from it HERE and HERE.
But the longest-lasting gothic romance comic book series was one based on a tv series.
Guess which one?

Next week:
More Gothic Romance 
as we present a multi-part, book-length tale of...
Dark Shadows!
 Barnabas Collins!
Victoria Winters!
Josette duPres!
Angelique Bouchard!
Willie Loomis!
Dr. Hoffmann!
and all the rest...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
And now a word from our sponsor...

Friday, October 14, 2011

DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE "Kiss of Death" Part 3

We Have Already Seen
Anne Mason attacked by a caped figure who might be a vampire, and now...
Is the caped figure a vampire?
Why did the wolf (or werewolf) attack Anne?
What other as-yet undiscovered secrets lurk in Castle Dravko?
..or is she...undead?
You'll cry your eyes out if you miss it!

And now a word from our sponsor...

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

DARK MANSION OF FORBIDDEN LOVE "Kiss of Death" Part 1

Vampires!
Werewolves!
A stormy night!
A spooky old castle!
A beautiful woman in a nightgown!
It's almost Halloween!
Perfect time for a Gothic romance!
Who (or what) is the "dark and ominous figure"?
Vampire?
Werewolf?
What is the secret of the Baron's son?
Be here tomorrow for...
The Secret of Baron Dravko!
You'll cry your eyes out if you miss it!

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

HAUNTED LOVE "Death Waits for Moonrise"

Welcome to a month of Gothic Romance, beginning with manga...
...or more specifically, manhwa, by the first Korean artist in American comics, Sanho Kim.
It's odd to see panel pages in that art style in full-color, isn't it?
We're used to seeing manga and manhwa in b/w or two-color!
Sanho Kim (or Kim San-ho) was already an acclaimed writer/artist in South Korea before coming to the US in 1966.
Illustrating a wide variety of genres including romance, horror, war, and martial arts, Sanho worked primarily for Charlton (who published this tale in Haunted Love #9 in 1975), with occasional work for Warren (where he also wrote the stories he illustrated), Marvel, and Skywald, totaling over several hundred stories.
Sanho returned to South Korea in 1996 and continues to write and illustrate at the age of 72.
He received the Order of Cultural Merit (much like the Kennedy Center Honors in America) in 2008.
There's a kool article about him HERE.
And, you'll be seeing more of his work on this blog.

Next week:
More Gothic Romance 
as we present a multi-part, book-length tale!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
(Oh, you've heard that, eh?)
And now a word from out sponsor...