Dicks and Deedees (Love and Rockets) - Hardcover

Hernandez, Jaime

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560975407 ISBN 13: 9781560975403

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2003

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"[Jaime Hernandez's] use of the visual idioms of girls' comics books--as much as the convincing and independent women characters--makes his work instantly familiar and readable."

"Quite simply, this is one of the 20th century's most significant comic creators at the peak of his form, with every line a wedding of classicism and cool. He has never been better."

Synopsis:

Armed with a passion for pop culture and punk rock, Jaime Hernandez (along with brothers, Gilbert and Mario) was one of the first comic book artists to give a voice to minorities and women in the medium's 70-year history. His character-driven stories primarily explore the life of a three-dimensional Mexican-American woman from a fictional barrio of Los Angeles, Maggie Chascarillo, one of the most complex and recognisable characters in the history of Mexican-American fiction. The co-creator of Love & Rockets, which defined the modern literary comics movement of the post-underground generation and celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, Jaime Hernandez continues the trials and tribulations of Maggie and Hopey in such stories as "Election Day", "Everybody Loves Me, Baby" (featuring extensive flashbacks to their early punk days) and the surreal dream story "The Race". Readers also get the latest on Maggie's ex-boyfriend Ray D., who is the recipient of a series of increasingly rude surprises when his old buddy Doyle shows up, somewhat the worse for wear, in "The Frog Mouth"...All this plus "Bay of Threes", which chronicles the romance of Penny Century and H.R.

Costigan from the cradle to the grave.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1560975407
• ISBN 13: 9781560975403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96