Love and Rockets: New Stories - Softcover

Hernandez, Gilbert; Hernandez, Jaime

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606993798 ISBN 13: 9781606993798

Publisher: Fantagraphics, 2010

Synopsis

All-new stories featuring Jaime’s Maggie and Ray, plus Gilbert’s Fritz and the “Sad Girl.”

After Jaime’s two-part super-hero epic from Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 and #2, we return to the enthralling minutiae of the “Locas” cast’s lives for the first time in three years. In the main story Ray finally gets his date with Maggie: The couple goes to an art opening and to dinner, they discuss the crazy world of dreams, and Maggie asks Ray for a huge favor. Also in this volume, “Brown Town, Blue Sun,” a new installment in Jaime’s beloved “little kids” flashback series: A ten-year-old Maggie and her family move away from Hoppers to a desert ghost town...

And on the Gilbert side of the ledger, “Scarlet by Starlight” is a story starring Fritz (of High Soft Lisp fame) that (in contrast to #2’s silent masterpiece “Hypnotwist”) consists entirely of a 14-page dialogue scene. “Killer/Sad Girl/Star” picks up the “Sad Girl” character from LRNS #2, and how no one in her family takes her budding film career seriously. 104 pages of black-and-white comics

About this title

About the Author

Gilbert Hernandez lives in Las Vegas, NV, with his wife and daughter. He is co-creator of the long-running, award-winning, and critically acclaimed series Love and Rockets.

Jaime Hernandez is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning cartoonist and a lifelong Los Angelean.

From Booklist

*Starred Review* Three years into Love and Rockets’ format switch from several-times-yearly comic book to annual trade paperback, the Hernandez brothers have finally hit their stride with a collection that is every bit as satisfying as the peak years of the long-running series. Gilbert opens with an uncharacteristic sci-fi saga that casts his sometimes-actress character Fritz as a sensual alien half-beast, followed by a sequel of sorts in which a fledgling actress from last year’s Love and Rockets volume prepares to star in a remake of the tale. Both stories benefit from Gilbert’s boldly confident graphics. But longtime fans will respond most strongly to Jaime’s linked trio of stories featuring his beloved “Locas” characters, all limned in his elegantly economical style. First we get a brief update on the status of his long-suffering heroine Maggie Chascarrillo, followed by a lengthy, revealing flashback to the childhood days of Maggie and her siblings. Then, back in the present, Maggie goes on an achingly poignant date with former lover Ray Dominguez. A quarter-century after Love and Rockets first rocked the alt-comics world, both brothers remarkably remain at the top of their game. --Gordon Flagg

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1606993798
• ISBN 13: 9781606993798
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104