Love and Rockets

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The seventh annual volume of Love and Rockets New Stories, the most important and enduring alternative comics series in the history of the medium, finds Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez writing and drawing at the top of their game In Jaime s stories, Maggie and Hopey take a much needed break from their humdrum domestic lives and go on a road trip to visit a sick friend And, when the cat s away, Ray visits some old, sick friends of his own Plus Tonta s nutty family Gilbert offers a suite of stories, including The Magic Voyage of Aladdin, a sweeping epic of derring do in which Morgan Le Fey Fritz teams up with Aladdin to stop the evil Circle from obtaining the magic lamp The Golem Suit, a WWII sci fi thriller starring Killer and Daughters and Mothers and Daughters, in which flashbacks to Luba s mother Maria reveal how ugly secrets of the past affect their family today. Free Download Love and Rockets [ author ] Gilbert Hernández [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The seventh annual issue fits the standard 100 page format, but it feels longer, or maybe justjam packed Beto goes deeper into B movie land, and he somehow makes me care about Fritz again with a disturbing revelation about her past, and the introduction of a Fritz imitator possible secret daughter Jaime gives us a charming Tonta story, and gets in on the B movie game with hilarious, crude Barbarella knockoff Princess Animus The main attraction is the long awaited reunion between Maggi The seventh annual issue fits the standard 100 page format, but it feels longer, or maybe justjam packed Beto goes deeper into B movie land, and he somehow makes me care about Fritz again with a disturbing revelation about her past, and the introduction of a Frit...What can one say about the new Love Rockets New Stories, other than it s another incredible collection from Jaime and Gilbert So many wonderful things to say about this latest volume, but there are at least a couple of larger issues that stand out to me First, it s exciting that we re given significant post Love Bunglers story surrounding Maggie, Ray, and Hopey After the final installment of the Love Bunglers storyline, appearing in vol 4 2011 , there was only one other glimpse int What can one say about the new Love Rockets New Stories, other than it s another incredible collection from Jaime and Gilbert So many wonderful things to say about this latest volume, but there are at least a couple of larger issues that stand out to me First, it s exciting that we re given significant post Love Bunglers story surrounding Maggie, Ray, and Hopey After the final installment of the Love Bunglers storyline, appearing in vol 4 2011 , there was only one other glimpse into what was happening wi...Hopey got old I finally got a chance to get the latest Love and Rockets, not sure why it took so long to show up over here but I m glad it did I was worried we d seen the last of Hopey since Maggie and Ray had settled down in the Love Bunglers but was so pleased to see her back and see those two as wonderful, messed up and complicated as usual I loved the two of them visiting, the way it s become so modern with the phones, Hopey as responsible Mom, they were just lovely and without a doubt Hopey got old I finally got a chance to ...Another very good volume of the Hernandez Brothers now annual series I m usually not sure what to make of Gilbert s contributions, but I still enjoy them for the most part, and that s as true here as it has been the last few years I ll say that I tend to enjoy his versions of the crazy movies that Fritz and Killer make, but I find the drama if you can call it that that goes on behind the scenes much less interesting As for Jaime, he does his own version of a crazy movie, and it s awesome, Another very good volume of the Hernandez Brothers now annual series I m usually not sure what to make of Gilbert s contributions, but I still enjoy them for the most part, and that s as true here as it has been the last few years I ll say that I ...Crazy alternative comic series, a quarter century old, with Jaime and Beto both alternating, and it sort of uneven with lots of movie references and actual movie excerpts, crazy B Movie sci fi stuff from Beto. Maggie and Hopey...The honesty to first loves, to queer complexities, to the way women love each other Truly astounds me Be careful with my heart Jaime, the way this Hopey and Maggie thing turns out could break it Love all their incredibly potent pages Los Bros forever, Maggie forever, Palomar forever.Maggie Hopey go back to Hoppers for a punk reunion , plusstuff.The highlight has to be Maggie and Hopey back together sort of though it s working out pretty much as you d expect if you stop to think about it complicated as much by their time together as their time apart A year s wait for the next installment will be a killer.Though arguably the highlight is Beto continuing to add layer upon layer to the killer Fritz Maria Luba storyline further complicating the identity issues by featuring a Fritz impersonator who of course also stars in a The highlight has to be Maggie and Hopey back together sort of though it s working out pretty much as you d expect if you stop to think about it complicated as much by their time together as their time apart A year s wait for the next installment will be a killer.Though arguably the highlight is Beto continuing to add layer upon layer to the killer Fritz Maria Luba storyline further complicating the identity issues by featuring a Fritz impers...One of the most important comics of all time The Hernandez brothers have been regularly releasing annual additions to this book since its inception in 1982 Originally published as a science fiction zine , this book has long settled into its characters, aging them in real time Maggie and Hopey, now nearing middle age, reunite to attend a punk reunion in their hometown Old feeling are brought up, and they both discover the kind of people they ve grown to be I m still lagging a bit behind on One of the most important comics of all time The Hernandez brothers have been regularly releasing annual additions to this book since its inception in 1982 Originally published as a science fiction zine , this book has long settled into its characters, aging ...Way back in 1981, a friend gave me the first, self published issue of the Hernandez brothers Love and Rockets and I ve been a faithful reader ever since In those 30 years, some characters have aged inor less real time and the stories of others have spanned generations I m always happy to see a ne...

Love and Rockets
  • 25 March 2018
  • Paperback
  • 100 pages
  • 160699770X
  • Gilbert Hernández
  • Love and Rockets