Valentine #10 December 1960
In "Don't Blame Me," a 1960 IPC comic from the Valentine series, Sue finds herself stranded in London with nothing but memories and a cherished necklace from her parents. After pawning it for survival, she crosses paths with a musician who leads her to a shared house where a tight-knit group of young people scrape by on scraps and shared dreams. José González’s evocative art brings the raw, intimate world of postwar youth to life, capturing both the vulnerability and quiet resilience of those trying to make it in a city that doesn’t always welcome them.
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With no food and no lodgings, Sue pawns the necklace her mum and dad gave her before she left to be a model in London. At the pawn shop she meets a musician who takes her to a house where young types live in the same lodgings, eating when one of them has money.
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