[...] I wrote about some different kinds of comic love stories, from my beloved Love and Capes to True Story Swear to God and a whole bunch of manga romances! Similar Posts: Happy Valentine’s With Comic Couples! [...]

[...] For those who don’t know, Tom draws True Story, Swear to God, and the first issue from the Image relaunch is due out this Wednesday. [...]

[...] I’m glad to see the True Story, Swear to God series relaunch at Image with a #1 (JUL06 1674, $2.99), because Tom Beland seems to really want to do a series and is happy to be at that publisher, who will handle lots of the business details for him… but I have to wonder how well it’s going to do with their core audience. I’m probably wrong to be looking for things to worry about; I should just call this another sign of how Image aims to diversify. [...]

[...] Minute), Rachel Hartman (Amy Unbounded), Chynna Clugston-Major (Blue Monday), and Tom Beland (True Story Swear to God). Not only is this book a fascinating way to learn more about the artists’ influences; [...]

[...] First, Tom Beland got frank at Newsarama. His series True Story Swear to God is moving from AIT to Image, in part because of concerns over AIT’s marketing and distribution abilities: I want my books to be in book stores, as well as comic shops and this is an area where the company and I can’t get together on. [...]

[...] And the saddest news I read today: Tom and Lily broke up, split apart by the cultural differences he’s been chronicling in True Story, Swear to God. He says he’s still got eight years of their relationship’s history to tell, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to read it the same way, knowing the ending. [...]

[...] I Heart Marvel: Web of Romance — It doesn’t surprise me that Marvel didn’t know that “I heart” is often used sarcastically, especially online. The majority of titles in this ill-conceived event have been of no interest to me (and I’m one of the few people I know who like both superhero and romance comics enough to even consider trying one of them). This one, however, was written by Tom Beland (True Story Swear to God). Even though he prefers to call them “autobiographical”, the man knows how to write a romance comic. [...]

[...] True Story Swear to God Moves to Image
Newsarama is reprinting a message board post from Tom Beland that states that his series True Story Swear to God is moving from self-publishing to Image Comics. [...]

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[...] Following up on the events of Chances Are…, This One Goes to 11 begins with a hurricane threatening Puerto Rico while Tom can do nothing but worry long distance about his girlfriend Lily. He’s taking his stress out on his co-workers and family in realistic portrayals of how people distract themselves from big issues with smaller disagreements, punctuated with asides on problems with the media. Such a tense situation, a matter of life and death, drives the realization of the need to make difficult-but-necessary choices. [...]

[...] latest issue of this true-life romance comic takes on a new but equally inspiring subject: becoming a comics [...]