A scene from Tertiup Bersama Angin, one of the most prominent Indonesian romance comics of the 1960s, shows Alec, a rugged man with thick eyebrows, dejectedly covering his forehead with his hairy left hand.
A beautiful woman, Inge, tries to console him, holding his arm. “Listen Inge, you don’t know who I am. Get away from me,” Alec says.
Determined to have him, Inge replies, “I know who you are, Alec. You are a man who surrenders only to tenderness and is undeterred by ferocity.”
The comic is just one from the era’s romance genre, which were avidly consumed by women and men alike, at a time when youth culture was swamped by feelings tenderness, love and heartbreak.
Read more: Mariani Dewi, The Jakarta Post, Friday, May 8, 2009: Romance Comics of the 60s: A Short Lived Love Story
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