Truer Than True Romance: Classic Love Comics Retold
In this creative partnering between the old and the new,  Martinet (The Art of Mingling) writes contemporary love stories  using the settings and illustrations from DC's romance comics  from the 1940s through the 1970s. In Martinet's world, a 1950s  story called "Loving the Wrong Man," originally involving an  affair with a married man, might be rewritten as "Loving a Gay  Man," for example. Others include "My Heart Said Yes, but My  Therapist Said No!" and "Too Dumb for Love!" The collection is  uneven, as some of the retellings work contemporary social mores  into their fabric better than others. Still, this is a book with  plenty of appeal for older teens and adults. A good purchase for  libraries with strong humor collections. Stephen Weiner, Maynard  P.L., MACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.