PanelxPanel #36 - Romance

is the Eisner Award-winning digital magazine celebrating the medium of comics. It’s edited by Strip Panel Naked host Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and features a rotating set of writers ranging from critics to professionals, fans and comic stores.

Each issue has two halves across its ad-free pages. The first, a focus on a particular comic or concept, with a series of essays, interviews, process pieces and an exclusive Strip Panel Naked column all focused around that comic. The 36th issue's focus is all about Romance in Comics.

The second half features regular articles, interviews, craft essays, a comic, and a series of comic recommendations from a range of comic-related voices.

This is a true celebration of the medium with every issue, looking at all the elements that make comics an interesting art form and great place to tell visual stories. This is a magazine that cares about comics.

Some of the Romance features:

- A huge, deep-dive essay into the history of romance comics in the medium, from scholar Sydney Heifler

- An exclusive Strip Panel Naked article on visual storytelling

- Additional essays and articles on love interests, evocative colouring in romance comics, and classic creators.

For the regular features:

- A short comic

- Final Thoughts on

- Craft Corner with Mark Siegel

- For Solo, an examination on Frans Masereel's visual novels

And a guest gives us their take on My Top Five comics!

Available June 24th.