Heidi Herr
Intersession 2024
Romance comic books, popular from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s, introduced teenagers to the joys and heartache of love. Students enrolled in Romancing the Comic Book learned how these publications transformed from a much-mocked genre to an essential artifact that reveals much about mid-century American life and culture. Each class session incorporated hands-on activities with our collections and students collaborated on an online exhibition that showcases the history of the genre.