Lonely Hearts is happy to report it has joined the Fire and Water Podcast Network. As such, all new episodes (starting with Feb. 9th’s) will be on that site at http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/lonelyhearts/ Thanks for your continued support and we’ll see you on the flip side!
It’s just Siskoid and Furn in this episode of Lonely Hearts – ON LOCATION! – as the boys hit the local comic book store in search of romance comics! Plus, Romance Comics Theatre! Listen to Episode 7! (The usual filthy filthy language warnings apply.) You can play the podcast using the player above or by … Continue reading The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast – Episode 7 – Chasing Patsy
Weird Love #1 gives us a lot to talk about, but we stick to The Taming of the Brute, originally from Charlton’s Just Married #53. It’s a doozy and makes for a great installment of Romance Comics Theatre. Along the way, we talk up IDW’s Weird Love series, Max Headroom, and Shakespeare. Kid you not. … Continue reading The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast – Episode 6 – The Taming of the Brute
Marvel’s Secret Wars has lasted so long, it’s had the time to spawn a romance book! That’s right, Lonely Hearts takes a look at all five stories from the Secret Wars Secret Love one-shot, taking many meandering detours through comics and movies minutia on the journey. That’s what happens when you put these four guys … Continue reading The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast – Episode 5 – Secret Wars Secret Love
Our fourth episode is all to do with the love triangle between Archie, Betty and Veronica, and in particular, how it all culminated in the Life of Archie series that led to Archie’s very death. All to do? Not quite! We also have a nice helping of Romance Comics Theatre for you as well, from … Continue reading The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast – Episode 4 – Betty & Veronica
In our third episode, we use an old western romance comic to discuss the introduction of genre into romance and vice-versa. That story: 1950’s Calamity Jane from Cowgirl Romances #1, which is naturally presented in glorious Romance Comics Theatre fashion. Sorry about the accents, but I did manage to get two genuine Texans in the … Continue reading The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast – Episode 3 – Calamity Jane
We made it to a second episode! Bass, Furn, Marty I won’t just be covering classic romance comics, but more contemporary romances as well. In that spirit, we tackle – though not without some digressions – the Superman/Lois Lane/Wonder Woman relationship controversy. On what side do you fall? STRONG LANGUAGE – LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED! ALSO, … Continue reading The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast – Episode 2 – Superman’s Girlfriend: Lois or Diana?
If everybody jumped off a bridge, would I jump too? Apparently so! Listening to a lot of fun comic book podcasts made me get into the game! I got my friends Bass, Furn and Marty near some microphones and we started talking about comic book romances and classic romance comics. Hey, comics fans have mostly … Continue reading The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast – Episode 1 – I Was a Pick-Up!