In 1982, brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez created
Love & Rockets
, an astonishing mixture of magical realism 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 brother Speedy, would-be boyfriend Ray D., Hopey’s no-talent punk band and wrestlers Vicki Glori and Rena Titanon.
The second volume starts with a bang: a quartet of action-packed yarns starring Maggie's friend and idol, the ageing but still glamorous wrestling queen Rena Titanon.
Then it's back to Maggie and her trials and tribulations - including the haunting "Vida Loca: The Death of Speedy". This volume also introduces the long-suffering Ray D., an on-again, off-again, rival to Hopey in terms of Maggie's affections - and it concludes with one of the most-acclaimed stories in Love & Rockets history, "Flies on the Ceiling", in which Izzy goes to Mexico and meets the Devil.
“Simply essential...one of the most talented artists our polyglot culture has produced.” — New York Times Book Review
“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
The second volume starts with a bang: a quartet of action-packed yarns starring Maggie's friend and idol, the ageing but still glamorous wrestling queen Rena Titanon.
Then it's back to Maggie and her trials and tribulations - including the haunting "Vida Loca: The Death of Speedy". This volume also introduces the long-suffering Ray D., an on-again, off-again, rival to Hopey in terms of Maggie's affections - and it concludes with one of the most-acclaimed stories in Love & Rockets history, "Flies on the Ceiling", in which Izzy goes to Mexico and meets the Devil.
“Simply essential...one of the most talented artists our polyglot culture has produced.” — New York Times Book Review
“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
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