Various Anthologies edited by Mark Innes – Romantic Eye #1
Romantic Eye #1
Is that a great cover or what? As always, when it comes to reviewing romantic comics and/or love stories, how jaded I am will inevitably shine through. This doesn’t say a single negative thing about the quality of the stories, the artwork or the wonder that is people in love… it just says that I tend to get a bit overwhelmed with this sort of thing and am not the best person to be rambling about it. That being said, time to ramble! There’s a wide collection of folks in here and, oddly enough, Mark Innes isn’t listed. Is it legal in comics world for somebody to publish an anthology and not be a part of it? Huh. Stories include Earl Geier’s tale of a post apocalyptic world and the man left fighting for all he has left of love, Henrik Rehr’s odd suggestion that I have a kid to compare that to being a kid, Ron Kasman’s seriously wonderful take on the hazards of getting cold feet while in the middle of a teleportation, John Migliore & Larry Blake’s Tales From The Crypt-esque ode to love in modern times, Steve LeBlanc’s warning about getting what you wished for, and Larry Blake’s explanation of how an attractive, ageless superheroine finds love. There’s a fair amount of shorter stories in here too, as this is packed for just a regulation size comic. Come to think of it, most of the stories in here aren’t as overtly sappy (re: legitimately romantic) as I first thought, and a bunch of them are clever even when expressing genuine emotions. It’s worth a look, probably even for us jaded types. Oh, and generally with the sample I try to capture either the art or the overall tone of the book, but for once I decided to sum up my feelings on the general idea of romance. $4
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