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2025 Vintage Romance Comics Calendar

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16-month hanging calendar of frame-ready vintage romance comic book covers + commentary

Fall in love all over again each month with this collection of classic romance comic book covers from the Golden Age of comic publishing.

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16-month hanging calendar of frame-ready vintage romance comic book covers + commentary

Fall in love all over again each month with the Asgard Press 2025 Vintage Romance Comics Calendar, a collection of classic comic book covers from the Golden Age of comic publishing. Golden Age romance comics, flourishing from the late 1940s to the early 1950s, depicted idealized love stories filled with dramatic twists, emotional conflicts, and sweeping romances, offering readers an escape into a world of passionate relationships and sentimental narratives. Romance comic books of this era provided a window into the world of love, passion, and heartbreak. These comics, such as “Hi-School Romance” and “Love Secrets,” depicted the romantic lives of young men and women, exploring themes of courtship, relationships, and societal expectations. With their melodramatic narratives, lush artwork, and dreamy depictions of love, romance comic books became a popular genre among an increasingly adult readership, capturing the imaginations and reflecting the cultural ideals and aspirations of the time. Each month features a different romance comic book cover, accompanied by commentary that explores each issue, its artists, writers, and publishers. Bonus comic panel artwork appears on each grid page as well. With its large vertical format of 11×15 inches, our wire-bound wall calendar opens to an impressive 11×30 inches. The perforated design allows for easy removal of each month’s image, making them a perfect fit for standard 11×14 inch frames. Generously sized grid spaces leave plenty of room to keep track of all your appointments, reminders, and events. Organize all your important dates while adding a touch of love and romance to your space.

  • 2025 16-month wall calendar – Jan 2025-April 2026 – Use this calendar into the next year with mini-grid page of the first 4 months of 2026
  • Features reproductions of vintage Golden Age romance comic book cover art accompanied by extended commentary each month that explores each issue, its artists, writers, and publishers
  • Large format opens to 11″x30″ with spacious grid pages for at-a-glance organization of appointments and events, and includes major US holidays and moon phases
  • Includes 13 easy-to-remove prints that fit standard 11″x14″ frames for sustainable reuse
  • Decorate affordably with trendy vintage artwork and photos
  • Plenty of room to write in the grid spaces
  • Heavy, archival paper vibrantly showcases each month’s image and prevents bleed-through of pen or marker ink on grid pages
  • Perfect for hanging in home, office or classroom

 

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Weight .75 lbs
Dimensions 11 × 15 × .25 in
ISBN

9781630368814

UPC

724638069443

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Interior image from the 2025 Vintage Romance Comics Calendar by Asgard Press

Teen-Age Romances #25; Cover Art: Matt Baker; St. John Publications, September 1952.

Teen-Age Romances explored a variety of themes that resonated with young women in the early 1950s. Focusing on first love, social anxieties, balancing love with other aspects of life, and ultimately, finding happiness, these comics provided relatable narratives and a sense of escapism for their audience. Teen-Age Romances offered readers a slightly more realistic and nuanced portrayal of young love than other comics of the time, acknowledging the complexities teenagers grappled with. The creative team behind Teen-Age Romances was editor Marion McDermott, writer Dana Dutch, and artist Matt Baker. McDermott (1923-1999), another rare female comics editor, was hired by publisher Archer St. John to run his new romance line in 1949. She encouraged the artists and writers of her comics to tailor their work to suit a female audience. Dutch (1912-1957) created storylines designed to showcase stronger, more independent women than were portrayed in other romance comics, likely due to the influence of his female editor. The stand-out contributor at St. John, however, was Matt Baker (1921-1959). Renowned for the “good girl” aesthetic he brought to his renderings of comic heroine Phantom Lady, Baker had a natural talent for drawing beautiful women. A pioneering African American artist in the comics industry, Baker was renowned for artwork featuring elegant and expressive characters, with a particular focus on glamorous women. His use of clean lines, detailed backgrounds, and emotive facial expressions brought a unique sophistication to his panels, and his ability to convey deep emotion and romantic tension through his illustrations set him apart, making his work highly influential in the genre and beloved by readers. Baker’s commitment to the romance genre saw him push himself to add more realism and depth to his work, producing some of the most sublime illustrations in any comic genre. Sadly, Baker passed away suddenly at the age of 37, but his legacy lives on in the many comic artists he inspired.

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