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Wednesday, November 13, 2002
BOOK REVIEW: TRUER THAN TRUE ROMANCE: CLASSIC LOVE COMICS RETOLD! (2001) * * * (3 stars out of 4).
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I read a lot of comic books, usually about 10 to 15 a week, so I don't usually bother to review them. But I really want to say something about Truer than True Romance by Jeanne Martinet. It's not that it's so great or so entertaining, though it is very good. But it's just so totally original and different that it's really worth reading, and I think it would appeal to a lot of people who don't like comics.
It takes old D.C. Romance comics from the 50s, 60s, and early 70s, and leaves the art entirely intact, but changes all the words. The results are very entertaining and make a provocative statement about both the naivete of the romantic attitudes of the third quarter of the 20th century, and about how over-complicated romantic attitudes have become in the first part of the 21st century. There's a nice excerpt here, that gives you the basic idea. Make sure to click the right arrow there to see the rest of the pages of the excerpt.
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