Ghost of Hoppers (Love and Rockets) - Hardcover

Hernandez, Jaime

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560977000 ISBN 13: 9781560977001

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2006

Synopsis

by Jaime Hernandez
Collects the new adventures of Maggie Chascarrillo, as serialized in the Love & Rockets comic book. Maggie is now the resident building-manager of the notorious Capri Apartments deep in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, where imaginary dogs roam its walkways, all the air conditioners are broken, and the empty swimming pool is covered with flies. As if the eccentric, oddball tenants weren't weird enough, Maggie's houseguest and old friend Izzy Ortiz shakes things up with her usual nervous breakdowns, nocturnal screaming, and obsessive fly-swatting.

About this title

About the Author:

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

From Booklist:

Despite the Brothers Hernandezes' massive collections of the first two decades of, respectively, Gilbert's tales of a mythical Latin American village, Palomar (2003), and Jaime's stories about two young Chicanas in the L.A. barrio, Locas (2004), new collections show that Jaime has not given up on his creation.Unlike his brother's characters, Jaime's haven't traveled far since the original series about them ended in 1996. Central figure Maggie is now newly divorced and managing an apartment complex in the San Fernando Valley, far not geographically but from the days when she and soul-mate Hopey were the coolest troublemakers in the L.A. barrio of Hoppers. Hopey's still back there, managing a seedy bar nearby, and the pair's spooky friend, Izzy, is still around. Maggie returns to Hoppers for a reunion with her mother and sister. There she witnesses the destruction of Izzy's house, which is haunted by figures from the locas ' long history. Maggie is still a bundle of insecurities, and watching her come to terms with growing older is genuinely poignant. Jaime's gorgeously economical artwork is better than ever, and if he isn't developing any major new characters, the established cast grows richer. Maggie, in particular, is one of the greatest creations in all comics, attractively outrageous but touchingly real. Gordon Flagg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1560977000
• ISBN 13: 9781560977001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120