The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast
Hosted by Siskoid, with pals Furn, Marty and Bass, THE LONELY HEARTS ROMANCE COMICS PODCAST is basically about guys talking about romance comics, and about romances IN comics. Featuring ROMANCE COMICS THEATER every episode!
- Update frequency
- every 39 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 18
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2018
Lonely Hearts Ep. 18: Elvira's House of Romance
Siskoid, Bass, Furn and Marty are back to talk spooky romance in time Fire & Water's Dark Podcasts of Forbidden Love crossover event, looking at Elvira's House of Mystery #4 (June 1986) and its two s…
00:51:31 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
Lonely Hearts Ep. 17: Kill Your Boyfriend - Romance in the 90s
After love in the 80s, love in the 90s, with Grant Morrison's Kill Your Boyfriend as the prototypical romance comic of the era. What made romance so hard in that decade, and why were we so keen on mi…
01:23:38 |
Fri 13 Oct 2017
Lonely Hearts Ep. 16: Angel Heart - Romance in the 80s
By way of Barbara Slate's Angel Love #1 (DC Comics, 1986), the boys talk about love in the square 80s, the state of romance comics in that decade, and relationship deal breakers. Plus, Romance Comics…
01:21:02 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Lonely Hearts Ep. 15: The Many Loves of Superman
We've been through this. Superman belongs with Lois Lane. But what if she wasn't in the picture? Which of Superman's OTHER romantic interests - across all continuities and media - would viably pair o…
01:27:25 |
Tue 14 Feb 2017
Lonely Hearts Ep. 14: Reading Patsy
We're back from hiatus! Just Siskoid and Furn to ease ourselves in, in this sequel to TWO past episodes. In the main part, the boys finally read the Patsy Walker comic they bought back in episode 7, …
01:00:00 |
Tue 18 Oct 2016
Lonely Hearts Ep. 13: Marvel Romance Redux
What happens when you take a vintage romance story and replace all the dialog with modern jokes? That's What 2006's Marvel Romance Redux was all about. The guys take a look at 1969's "Jilted" by Stan…
01:20:53 |
Tue 14 Jun 2016
Lonely Hearts Ep. 12: Secret Loves of Geek Girls
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a new collection of comics and essays about the lives and loves of women in geekly fields and fandoms, out from Bedside Press (hopenicholson.com). Siskoid interviews…
01:15:32 |
Tue 17 May 2016
Lonely Hearts Ep. 11: The Many Loves of Peter Parker
Peter Parker - Spider-Man - He's has so many romantic interests, it's difficult to decide if he was lucky or unlucky. Bass, Siskoid and Furn draw up their Top 5 Parker loves in this episode. Also fea…
01:18:38 |
Tue 19 Apr 2016
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.10 - The Tomboy Mystique
What is the tomboy's allure? Bass, Marty, Furn and Siskoid dissect the phenomenon and digress a HECK of a lot, with some support from Romance Comics Theatre, "That Strange Girl" from DC's Young Roman…
00:52:26 |
Tue 22 Mar 2016
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.9 - The Supergirl Special
Who doesn't love the hit show "Supergirl"? Well, we talk up its various romantic triangles, but first a classic Silver Age Supergirl love affair... with a horse! It gets crazy, folks! And when you th…
01:22:16 |
Tue 01 Mar 2016
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.8: Gothic Romance
We're back! After a short break, the boys tackle Gothic romance as a genre, and specifically, DC Comics' Sinister House of Secret Love #3, "The Bride of the Falcon", by Frank Robbins, Alex Toth and F…
01:42:11 |
Tue 09 Feb 2016
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.7: Chasing Patsy
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…
00:31:14 |
Sun 22 Nov 2015
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.6: The Taming of the Brute
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 Thea…
01:00:24 |
Sun 08 Nov 2015
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.5: Secret Wars Secret Love
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…
01:18:13 |
Wed 21 Oct 2015
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.4: Betty & Veronica
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 t…
01:06:36 |
Mon 28 Sep 2015
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.3: Calamity Jane
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 natural…
01:24:12 |
Sun 13 Sep 2015
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.2: Superman's Girlfriend - Lois or Diana?
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 digressi…
00:49:51 |
Sun 23 Aug 2015
The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast Ep.1: I Was a Pick-Up!
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…
00:58:52 |
Wed 12 Aug 2015
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