The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #39

In "I Thought I Loved My Boss," Terry Crandall finds herself caught in a complicated web after Johnny Miller secures her a job as secretary to his boss, Ronald Schuyler. What begins as a quiet office romance soon deepens, leaving Terry questioning her feelings when Ronald proposes—only to realize her heart may belong elsewhere.

In a snowy mountain lodge where romance skims the edge of scandal, ski instructor Nels Baltrin finds himself at the center of attention among the wealthy guests. When Kathy Prentice, traveling with the enigmatic Madame Laura, tries to win his affection by playing a reckless role, her carefully constructed act begins to unravel—until Nels reveals he was drawn to her honesty all along. With Maddy, Patti, and Helene watching from the sidelines, Kathy and Nels face the quiet, uncertain promise of something real.

Melody [Marian] Turner, now a celebrated bandleader, struggles to balance her soaring career with the possibility of love—especially after a painful past with Jud Bishop. When her band’s guitarist Bruce Bailey begins a relationship with pianist Ellen, Melody’s carefully guarded heart is tested, forcing her to confront what she’s been avoiding. In a story of music, longing, and quiet transformation, she must decide whether to stay busy for love—or finally make room for it.

In "Rx for Romance," Carole Jansen shoulders the burden of raising her younger siblings after a tragic accident claims their parents, balancing duty with her own quiet longing. When handsome Dr. Dick Martin offers her a way out, Carole hesitates—until her sister Laura’s reckless pursuit of him forces a reckoning. With Sonny’s quiet truth as a bridge, the fragile bonds of family and love begin to shift.

In a quiet moment of grief and healing, Betty Raymond finds herself torn between the love she’s rebuilt with her husband Bert and the deep bond she’s formed with Dr. Gregg Macy during her recovery from a devastating loss. When Bert returns—blinded and believing he’d be a burden—Betty must navigate a fragile new beginning, one where the past and present collide in ways neither she nor the doctor could have foreseen.

Elena Perez knows the cost of loving Mark Haynes—her father’s employer’s son—but when he returns from medical school, their secret union becomes a quiet rebellion. As the town turns its back on Mark’s healing hands, Elena faces a heart-wrenching choice: stay and fight, or leave to protect him.

In a quiet twist of fate, Libby Stark Dowe and Hank Dowe find their three-year marriage suddenly void when they discover their license was never signed. With the weight of that revelation, Libby reaches out to her old flame Tom Bradford, only to be met with the unexpected — he’s married, has a child, and looks nothing like the man she once knew. Longing for the past, she finds herself drawn back to Hank at the marriage license bureau, where they face each other again, not as strangers, but as two people reconsidering what they’ve already lost.