Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez
In 1982, brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez created "Love & Rockets", an astonishing mixture of magical realism, science fiction, and meditations on the human condition which became one of the most critically acclaimed series of all time. Follow the continuing adventures of the spunky Maggie Chascarillo, her annoying best friend and sometime lover Hopey and their circle of friends, including bombshell Penny Century, weirdo Izzy and her gangster broher Speedy, would-be boyfriend Ray Dominguez, Hopey's no-talent punk band and wrestlers Vicki Glori and Rena Titanon. Award-winning writer and artist Jaime Hernandez presents the second collection of "Love & Rockets" stories - a must for any fan of truly adult comics!
Simply essential..one of the most talented artists our polyglot culture has produced. - New York Times Book Review * American fiction's best kept secret. - Rolling Stone * Expressive and elegant cartooning....Magic, real, and literate - and fun to look at too. Grade: A. - Entertainment Weekly * Quite simply, this is one of the twentieth centuries most significant comic creators at the peak of his form. - Alan Moore, author of Watchmen * A high point in the comics form, conventional in idiom, but not comparable to any strips before it. - The Washington Post
Born in 1959 in Oxnard, California, Jaime Hernandez (sometimes spelt as Xaime) [iilegible] grown into one of America's foremost comic creators. In 1981, he co-published the first issue of Love & Rockets with brothers Gilbert and Mario, to huge acclaim. Jaime resides in Pasadena, California, with his wife, Meg, and stepdaughter; in addition to his comics work, he is a cartoonist for The New Yorker as well as a creator of album covers (most recently for the Indigo Girls).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845765262 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845765265 |
| Title | Love and Rockets |
| Author | Jaime Hernandez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Titan Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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