Maria M. (Love and Rockets) - Hardcover

Hernandez, Gilbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1683960165 ISBN 13: 9781683960164

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2019

Synopsis

This brutal, original crime thriller graphic novel, from the co-creator of Love and Rockets, tells the story of femme fatale Maria M.

Maria M.'s is a sordid tale of sex, drugs, violence, and power. When she comes to America for a better life, she marries a drug kingpin, whose son learns Maria’s darkest secret, leading to the most violent gangland bloodbath in organized crime history. Maria M. collects 2013’s Book One (now out of print), and the never-before-published Book Two, presenting the complete graphic novel for the first time. Longtime readers of Hernandez’s books will recognize a metatwist worthy of Maria M.’s pulpy pages: Maria M. doubles as a “biopic” of the mother of Hernandez’s most beloved character: Luba from Love and Rockets! Black & white illustrations throughout.

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.

Review:

“Hernandez is one of the great craftsmen of modern comics.”
- New York Times Book Review

“Hernandez has become the medium's David Lynch or Guy Maddin, rolling his personal obsessions and freewheeling abstractions into stories that present as pulp, then take some very weird turns.”
- The A.V. Club

“The combination of classic cartooning and cinematic storytelling, as well as graphic sex and violence, pushed to near surrealistic extremes, should satisfy most devotees and inspire the creation of even more.”
- Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1683960165
• ISBN 13: 9781683960164
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270