Romance comics flourished in the 1940s and '50s, with titles like Was I a Wicked Wife? and Kisses Came Second. Pop culture writer Michael Barson... A Romantic Anthology Of Comically 'Agonizing Love' ...

Michael Barson grew up in Massachusetts in the 1950s watching TV westerns and dressing up in cowboy hats and boots. Now he's written a quirky, personal homage titled "True West: An Illustrated Guide ...

9781931010481 9781931010498 Barson, Michael. True West: An Illustrated Guide to the Heyday of the Western. TCU. Nov. 2008. c.175p. illus. ISBN 978-0-87565-379-2. pap ...

This beautifully produced anthology offers prime examples of romance comics from the genre's golden age, the years between 1947 and 1957. Barson has carefully selected from his personal collection, ...

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Madness frontman Suggs and keyboardist Mike Barson as take a trip down memory lane and explore some of the nutty boys’ finest moments from the BBC’s archives. That’s the message from Madness frontman ...

Romance comics — those sappy, dramatic serials from the 1940s and '50s — were designed for girls who grew up craving honeymoons and marital bliss in the years following World War II. Michael Barson, a ...