Createspace Independent Publishing Platform How to go steady: timeless dating advice, wisdom, and lessons from vintage romance comics, paperback/suzan loeb

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How to Go Steady explores love, heartbreak, and wisdom from vintage romance comic book stories and advice columns.

Romance comics were a genre of comic books that were incredibly popular in the postwar years.

The first true romance title, Young Romance, was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (the same creative team behind Captain America) in 1947.

The genre exploded like wildfire and for years sold more copies than superhero titles.

Romance comics contained stories of love and lots of heartbreak.

In this history book meets how-to guide you'll learn all about dating according to romance comic books of the 1960s and 1970s.

Chapters delve into how to meet potential dates, etiquette, coping with jealousy and heartbreak, meeting parents, sex, and of course, the do's and don'ts surrounding going steady.

Not only will you learn everything from what to do with a borrowed hankie to how to make the first move, you'll learn how to develop the most attractive quality of all-the confidence to be yourself.

Historical anecdotes and practical tips told in a fun and accessible way make How to Go Steady the perfect read for comic book fans and non-comic fans alike, as well as those looking for love.

About the Author If you're not familiar with Jacque, it's probably a good bet you're at least familiar with her name, Nodell, as in Martin Nodell.

That's her grandfather.

Yup, the story of how Jacque got into comics started way back in 1940, with the creation of the Golden Age Green Lantern.

After being toted to countless comic book conventions as a child, it was only natural that Jacque wanted to contribute to the comic book industry.

After a brief stint lettering the Ape Entertainment series Super Human Resources, Jacque put her academic training to work by starting the popular site, Sequential Crush -- a blog devoted to preserving the memory of romance comic books and the creative teams that published them throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Jacque has written articles for the Rosy Press anthology Fresh Romance, and the Oni Press romantic comedy, Ares & Aphrodite: Love Wars.

Jacque has also appeared on PBS's History Detectives, and her work has been called a must-read for anyone with an interest in American pop culture of the era.

Jacque lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with her fianc and their furbabies.

When she's not reading comic books and writing for Sequential Crush, she enjoys cross-stitching, watching crime shows, and kvetching.