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Project: Romantic
AdHouse Books follows up their smash anthology hits of Superior and Telstar with a book about love... and love stuff. A modern take on the classic genre! Contributors include: Nick Craine, Debbie Huey, Chip Kidd, Hope Larson, Junko Mizuno, Scott Morse, Joel Priddy, Paul Rivoche, Jim Rugg, Ash Wood and many more!
256 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2006
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July 4, 2012
Quite a few stories I really enjoyed.. But there was alot that kind of jumped in the middle and cut off abruptly that was rather confusing.. I understand some of these are taken from larger works but they really made no sense and left me feeling really lost.
July 8, 2021
Zany, wildly diverse, funny, engaging: The various short comics in this comics romance anthology run the gamut in terms of subject matter and species. I'd like to have seen more LGBTQ+ representation, but I enjoyed the stories nonetheless. There's something in this collection for almost everyone, I expect.
August 18, 2012
This anthology presents various scenarios of love gone right, wrong, and weird.
Anthologies often suffer from inconsistent quality. This one is no different. While a range of styles is pleasing to look at, a definite lack of quality storytelling in some pieces made the book difficult for me to get through. The standout in the book, Maris Wick's Adventure Love Story, made the cover. This small story is particularly engaging because it is simple, cute, and has a choose-your-own-adventure option. It's charming! Several other pieces stand out as thoughtful. This includes, Josh Cotter's Kingdom Animalia, and Joel Priddy's Sweetie N' Me. You can see plenty of missteps in this mixed bag but that's to be expected in things like this. Anthologies give people a chance to say something, even if it's not articulate or deftly put-together. In that way, I appreciate all of the work, even if I don't find most of it to be enjoyable.
Anthologies often suffer from inconsistent quality. This one is no different. While a range of styles is pleasing to look at, a definite lack of quality storytelling in some pieces made the book difficult for me to get through. The standout in the book, Maris Wick's Adventure Love Story, made the cover. This small story is particularly engaging because it is simple, cute, and has a choose-your-own-adventure option. It's charming! Several other pieces stand out as thoughtful. This includes, Josh Cotter's Kingdom Animalia, and Joel Priddy's Sweetie N' Me. You can see plenty of missteps in this mixed bag but that's to be expected in things like this. Anthologies give people a chance to say something, even if it's not articulate or deftly put-together. In that way, I appreciate all of the work, even if I don't find most of it to be enjoyable.
August 31, 2016
3.5 Stars
Right in time for Valentine's Day, I have finally read through this book that I picked up from an independent bookseller who came to give a lecture for my publishing program last summer.
Turns out that it's one of 500 - a limited hardcover edition of the work. It was on sale too. Very worth it for such a high quality and pretty book.
Though I'm not a comics reader, this book is really cute. The art is great for the most part, and the stories are creative. My favourite sets are Cupid's Day Off, Imitating Life, and Adventure Love Story, featuring the black and white duo from the paperback cover popping up throughout the book.
The cover and back cover art on this edition are two of my favourite parts of the book. And the inside covers as well, with the black and white duo again, on a pink background.
I'm glad I picked this up then and read it now.
Right in time for Valentine's Day, I have finally read through this book that I picked up from an independent bookseller who came to give a lecture for my publishing program last summer.
Turns out that it's one of 500 - a limited hardcover edition of the work. It was on sale too. Very worth it for such a high quality and pretty book.
Though I'm not a comics reader, this book is really cute. The art is great for the most part, and the stories are creative. My favourite sets are Cupid's Day Off, Imitating Life, and Adventure Love Story, featuring the black and white duo from the paperback cover popping up throughout the book.
The cover and back cover art on this edition are two of my favourite parts of the book. And the inside covers as well, with the black and white duo again, on a pink background.
I'm glad I picked this up then and read it now.
August 9, 2007
Everything about this book is fantastic. The majority of the stories in the book are great reads and a lot of them are nice and light so you can read the book little-by-little each night before going to bed (that's how I did it, at least). Very high production values. Full-color, well-designed (I love the intro's layout and even the way the pages are numbered and the creators credited), great size...a little bit of something for everyone between the covers. Even my girlfriend, who doesn't really read comics and certainly doesn't read romance books, was crazy for this book.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
August 1, 2007
So fun! Even if the vignettes are cut off abruptly, leaving you wanting more, because they were snatched from within larger works.
Puts me in quite the lovey mood. Helps me remember to adore my sweeties and be excited to be with them, and not let my moods make me indifferent or whatever. I think I want to get this for one or both of my sweeties for Valentine's Day!
Puts me in quite the lovey mood. Helps me remember to adore my sweeties and be excited to be with them, and not let my moods make me indifferent or whatever. I think I want to get this for one or both of my sweeties for Valentine's Day!
April 25, 2023
Only one story in this whole book had any impact on me at all- the story of the man who joins his wife at sea. The cute little choose your own adventure characters injected some joy. Overall though, this was very disappointing. Many of the stories were disjointed or confusing, very few gave me any reaction at all.
May 25, 2007
Project: Romantic is a collection of different graphic novel stories about love and romance. They range from funny to sweet to sad and cover both realistic and fantasy realms. I really enjoyed this book and I think it's a great way to sample some graphic novel styles.
October 14, 2013
hit & miss in this anthology of love comics. there were so many that just cut off in the middle of the story. and there were also some mind-blowingly-awesome selections. i will be looking for more stuff by joel priddy after reading the "sweetie n me" bits. definitely worth paging through.
July 22, 2007
Has the ever been an anthology that wasn't a 3 or lower?
There are a lot of good stories in this book.
There are a lot of good stories in this book.
January 26, 2008
I've been all grumpy about the state of graphic novel compilations (i.e. Mome) lately, but this one was pretty good.
May 27, 2009
thought this anthology was adorable!! it even has a choose your own adventure comic!! xo
November 4, 2009
Not perfect, but there are some really stunning comics in this anthology. Worth hunting down.
March 21, 2012
This anthology contains some well done pieces, but is (regrettably) littered with mostly forgettable/incoherent pieces.
February 14, 2014
I really liked a couple of the stories contained in this, but, found most to be pretty forgettable.
August 9, 2014
A collection of shorts about anything and everything to do with love. Some are cute, some are sad, some are hilarious. I quite liked it, but overall it just didn't blow me away.
June 22, 2009
Certain entries were really good/cute, but overall not very impressed.
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