Lonely Hearts Ep. 12: Secret Loves of Geek Girls

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 its editor Hope Nicholson, and then the boys pick their favorite comics from book to discuss. Plus, Romance Comics Theater and "The Captain's Mate"!

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Secret Loves of Geek Girls is out now from Bedside Press.

A collage of the strips we chose to discuss, making up a very small sample of what's actually in the book:

And so you can follow along with Romance Comics Theatre, here are pages from Charlton's Romantic Secrets #24 (Dec 1959)'s "The Captain's Mate" by Joe Sinott and Vince Colletta.

Further credits :
"Comic Book Romance" (Theme for Lonely Hearts Podcast) by Johnny and the Jokers.

"Here's to the Losers" (End theme for Lonely Hearts Podcast) by James (Vic Fontaine) Darren.

Relevant teaser clip from "Chasing Amy" by Kevin Smith, starring Joey Lauren Adams and Ben Affleck.

Additional audio:
Romance Comics Theatre Music: "La mer/Beyond the Sea" interpreted by Richard Clayderman

Bonus clip from: "Beast Wars: Transformers" theme song by Robert Buckley, also featuring Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff and David Kaye; Final Fantasy VII by Square, music by Nobuo Uematsu; "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" by, with and for William Shatner; and Supergirl "Human for a Day" starring Davd Harewood.

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