false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172162170m/144143.jpg 144143 3 <B>A group of Mexican-American women come of age in Southern California's burgeoning punk rock scene in the early 1980s and mature into the present.</B> <P>One of the most humane, graceful and imaginatively inexhaustible artists in American popular culture, Jaime Hernandez has created in <I>Locas</I> one of the great American novels of the last 25 years, graphic or otherwise. Spanning a quarter-century, <I>Locas</I> tells the story of Maggie Chascarrillo, a bisexual, Mexican-American woman attempting to define herself in a community rife with class, race and gender issues.<P> Maggie's story begins in the early-1980s Southern California rock scene, when it was shifting from the excesses of glitter rock to the gritty basics of punk and new wave. "Hardcore" punk rock came to the fore, and the teenaged Maggie finds herself drawn to the anarchy, energy and diversity of the scene, which in the hands becomes a very real, habitable place populated with authentic human beings rather than stereotypes. She quickly befriends Hopey Glass, a feisty anti-authoritarian punkette who quickly becomes Maggie's on-again, off-again lover and a constant presence in her life throughout the book.<P> Maggie comes of age in this tumultuous environment, with class and racial tension fueling the rising violence between punks and the already antagonistic LAPD. Hernandez's naturalistic storytelling and mastery of body language and facial expressions, and his pitch-perfect depiction of barrio life all makes for an exhilarating read. His characters are infused with strength, intelligence, independence, imperfection, bitchiness, frailty, obsessiveness, and so much more. <P> Maggie evolves from an angry young punk into a mature woman. She encounters cruelties large and small and resigns herself to dashed hopes, shattered illusions, and even death with ironic acceptance. <I>Locas</I> presents an incomparable body of work in comics form, created over 20 years (which not coincidentally mirrors Maggie's arc), and told with an uncompromising beauty and grace. As the <I>New York Times Book Review</I> has described it, "These stories have all the visual smarts of film and the narrative smarts of literature....Hernandez specializes in psychological detail; we see both text and subtext immediately ....What better than to open a book that shows there is more going on than we dream of in our workaday philosophies?" 1437380 27 10 2004 Locas: A Love & Rockets Book total:378|5:271|4:78|3:19|2:8|1:2| 378 1742 537 51 5 2 false false Wed May 09 23:04:11 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 23:27:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 11:33:34 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 12:12:07 -0700 2008 Love and Rockets series is a remarkable piece of work. It's both an engrossing drama and a document of Jaime Hernandez's artistic progress; his art has always been appealing, but you can watch it shed its occasional fussiness...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 31 11:33:04 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 11:39:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 15 08:10:13 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 08:13:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 12:56:41 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 14:42:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 12:46:32 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 04:28:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 09 09:13:08 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 09:17:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 06 12:00:41 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 12:10:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 21:07:17 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 03:26:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 14:48:50 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 14:55:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 15:31:07 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 15:37:40 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 08:37:22 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 08:41:29 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 19:23:46 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 19:25:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Dec 02 22:15:38 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 22:16:05 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 23:08:40 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 23:08:50 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 05:20:40 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 05:26:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 09 21:42:00 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 25 19:26:24 -0800 2009
Well.

Queer punk girl growing up with a lot of spanish spoken at her. Yup.

I've read and re-read these stories so many times over the y...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 08 18:13:01 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 18:20:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 27 06:55:32 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 07:18:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 27 10:16:26 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 10:16:26 -0700 2007 Love & Rockets since Keith moved out of 2621 North Rampart Street and I moved into his room and found copies of the comics that he left behind in a closet. I especially like spunky, hot, plump sexpot Maggie, so Locas had extra appeal to me. I read every page of this oversize, fat book an...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=144143