Love and Rockets: Maggie the Mechanic: The First Volume of 'Locas' Stories from

Description: Love and Rockets: Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez Award-winning, critically acclaimed, and a strong and persistent fan favourite, Jaimes work on LOVE & ROCKETS is a modern classic. A number of these early MECHANICS stories were not included in the LOCAS hardcover collection, so this will be your only place to get em. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007, Love and Rockets will finally be released in its most accessible form yet: as a series of compact, thick, affordable, mass-market volumes that present the whole story in perfect chronological order. The 25th anniversary Love and Rockets celebration continues with this, the first of three volumes collecting the adventures of the spunky Maggie, her annoying best friend and sometime lover Hopey, and their circle of friends, including their bombshell friend Penny Century, Maggies weirdo mentor Izzyas well as the wrestler Rena Titanon and Maggies handsome love interest, Rand Race. Maggie the Mechanic collects the earliest, punkiest, most heavily sci-fi stories of Maggie and her circle of friends, and you can see the artist (who drew like an angel from the very first panel) refine his approach: Despite these strong shifts in tone, the stunning art and razor sharp characterizations keep this collection consistent, and enthralling throughout. (Note: A number of these stories were not collected in the hardcover Locas.) Author Biography Jaime Hernandez was one of six siblings born and raised in Oxnard, California. His mother passed down a love of comics, which for Jaime became a passion rivaled only by his interest in the burgeoning punk rock scene of 1970s Southern California. Together with his brothers Gilbert and Mario, Jaime co-created the ongoing comic book series Love and Rockets in 1981, which Gilbert and Jaime continue to both write and draw to this day. Jaimes work began as a perfect (if unlikely) synthesis of the anarchistic, do-it-yourself aesthetic of the punk scene and an elegant cartooning style that recalled masters such as Charles M. Schulz and Alex Toth. Love and Rockets has evolved into one of the great bodies of American literary fiction, spanning five decades and countless high-water marks in the mediums history. In 2016, Hernandez won the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize for his graphic novel, The Love Bunglers. In 2017, he (along with Gilbert) was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, and, in 2018, he released his first childrens book, the Aesop Book Prize-winning The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America. He is a lifelong Angeleno. Review I dont really understand why the material of Love and Rockets isnt widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of fiction of the last 35 years. Because it is.--Neil Gaiman Long Description The legendary "Love & Rockets" comic book series returns to bookshelves in a comprehensive series of new paperbacks. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007, "Love and Rockets" will finally be released in its most accessible form yet: as a series of compact, thick, affordable, mass-market volumes that present the whole story in perfect chronological order. The 25th anniversary "Love and Rockets" celebration continues with this, the first of three volumes collecting the adventures of the spunky Maggie, her annoying best friend and sometime lover Hopey, and their circle of friends, including their bombshell friend Penny Century, Maggies weirdo mentor Izzy--as well as the wrestler Rena Titanon and Maggies handsome love interest, Rand Race. "Maggie the Mechanic" collects the earliest, punkiest, most heavily sci-fi stories of Maggie and her circle of friends, and you can see the artist (who drew like an angel from the very first panel) refine his approach: Despite these strong shifts in tone, the stunning art and razor sharp characterizations keep this collection consistent, and enthralling throughout. (Note: A number of these stories were "not" collected in the hardcover "Locas,") Review Quote "I dont really understand why the material of Love and Rockets isnt widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of fiction of the last 35 years. Because it is." Details ISBN1560977841 Author Jaime Hernandez Language English ISBN-10 1560977841 ISBN-13 9781560977841 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2007 Imprint Fantagraphics Place of Publication Seattle Country of Publication United States Residence Pasadena, CA, US Birth 1959 Short Title LOVE & ROCKETS V MAGGIE THE Series Love & Rockets (Paperback) Edition 1st Subtitle The First Volume of Locas Stories from Love and Rockets DOI 10.1604/9781560977841 Series Number 2 UK Release Date 2007-02-22 NZ Release Date 2007-02-22 US Release Date 2007-02-22 Pages 276 Publisher Fantagraphics Publication Date 2007-02-22 DEWEY 741.5973 Audience General AU Release Date 2010-01-07 Illustrations 272 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44220283;

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