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Love and Rockets, Vol. 24: The Education of Hopey Glass (Complete Love and Rockets #24)
It starts with a barely-glimpsed slaying ("Life Through Whispers") and ends with a funeral ("Male Torso Found in L.A. River"). Even though (or perhaps because) he's still carrying the torch for Maggie, Ray diligently pursues the dangerous and annoying "Frogmouth," an aspiring actress and full-time train wreck, from seedy bars and back alleys through comic book conventions....more
Hardcover, 114 pages
Published
April 1st 2008
by Fantagraphics Books
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Possibly I'm supposed to read this with other books. Not sure. Got it from the library cause I keep reading about how awesome Love & Rockets is but... did. not. follow this one. The one storyline I could follow was awful. Guy goes to a strip club. Goes to another strip club looking for this one stripper he saw once that he wants to get with. Finds her. Calls her "frogmouthlike" for asking why he wears a suit (I'm still confused about this one, I UD'd that shit and "big mouth" would fit, only...more
Jaime Hernandez' work has been part of my consciousness ever since my brain emerged from childhood. I think if I had paid more attention to Love and Rockets when I was in my teens, I would have become a very different person. I loved it, of course, but always refused to latch on to the weird yearning it ignited in me, probably for fear of where it would take me. Now, as a woman in my thirties who reads things like Hopey Glass while sitting on the couch in her jammies, trying to ignore a football...more
the hernandez brothers have developed some of the most fully-realized, kick-ass female characters - not only in comics, but in literature as a whole. one of the coolest things about these characters is that we've seen them grow up, and they've done it in a totally realistic way. i can't say enough good things about their comics. if you haven't read them you're missing out.
I've been reading the Love and Rockets books from the '80's by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez. This is a more recently published book by Jaime. This book was published in 2006 and has some great artwork by Jaime.
The first half of the book is about a young lesbian named Hopey Glass, who gets a job as a teaching assistant at an elementary school. In dealing with the children, she is reminded of events in her own childhood that she must now confront. I found this part of the book interesting, funny a...more
The first half of the book is about a young lesbian named Hopey Glass, who gets a job as a teaching assistant at an elementary school. In dealing with the children, she is reminded of events in her own childhood that she must now confront. I found this part of the book interesting, funny a...more
In these "Locas" stories, Ray pursues the train-wreck bombshell "Frogmouth"; an eventful week in the life of Hopey; and Maggie, off stage but visible as Ray's resentful ex and (forever and still) Hopey's best friend.
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Apr 17, 2008
Andy
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
love and rockets fans
Shelves:
comix-novel
Everybody loves Hopey. As far as I'm concerned she outlived Maggie.
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Although finding and reading through Love and Rockets sequentially is a challenge, I am always astounded at how well Los Bros Hernandez are able to portray the lives of their characters both with words and simple drawings. They do a better job than almost any other comic writers and illustrators at showing the day-in, day-out realities of queer women and other characters with various intersecting identities and personalities. The nudity, sex, and violence all strike me as realistic and not glamo...more
The last Locas *wails* well until Love and Rockets II, though that seems much more about the superheros and much less punk lesbian angst. I have to say I found this one the weakest of any of the books so far. I truly love Hopey and it was WONDERFUL to get to see her at the centre of a storyline, though in a way sad to see that despite the promising ending of the last book she'd still not figured out her relationship with Maggie and was still flirting with substitutes. Even though she's aged she'...more
In this perfect confluence of stunning illustration and gripping narrative, Hernandez returns to his early Love & Rockets roots with aging punk-rocker Esperanza Hopey Glass taking the spotlight in this collection's first half. Day by Day with Hopey chronicles a week in the feisty Latina's life as she transitions from tending bar to teaching kindergarten while her low-rent personal life teems with girlfriends who come and go, her lifelong friend and sometime-lover Maggie the only constant. In...more
This is the latest collected volume in the long-running history of the finest American comic strip since Pogo and Peanuts. Jaime Hernandez' old punk characters from Huerta, California, are now in their forties and adulthood is at last catching up with them. Hopey and Ray Dominguez find the transition from perpetual adolescence to maturity painful and difficult, and some of their friends (like the seemingly doomed Doyle Blackburn) are hopelessly stuck in their ancient patterns. Oddly enough, the...more
I have a great guide from Fantagraphic Books and it indicates that I should not start out reading Love & Rockets by beginning with this book. In fact, I did read a few of the Hernandez Bros. comics in the 80's while in high school but the enjoyment was ruined for me when a friend co-opted them as her "thing." Other things that were ruined for me in high school include Doc Martins (after the trendy girls started wearing them), the Village (after every girl from Jersey learned how to take the...more
I haven't read the entirety of Love and Rockets, but from what I can tell, the Hernandez Bros. plateaued artistically somewhere in the mid-90s, and their draftsmanship and writing style hasn't progressed at all since. This makes it all the more impressive that their level of craft is so high, it still manages to astound me. (As opposed to, say, Steve Rude, whose stagnation is still pretty to look at, but not really inspiring.) I am particularly amazed by how well Jaime moves around on a page, th...more
Jun 26, 2008
Ademption
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
graphic novel & Gabby Marquez readers, (ex) punks/indie kids
Shelves:
graphic-novels
This is a good starting point (i.e. "The Complete Love & Rockets Vol. 22") for new readers of Hernandez brothers comics. Jaime Hernandez's flagship characters, Maggie and Hopey, are moving into middle age. This transition from 80s punks to semi-responsible adults marks new territory and explores different characters and themes. It is a good entry point for those who don't want to (and shouldn't) start 21 volumes back at "Music for Mechanics."
In "The Education of Hopey Glass", punk girls Magg...more
In "The Education of Hopey Glass", punk girls Magg...more
I like the Love and Rockets stuff. Good characters, good writing, good drawing. Nice is small bursts. I had read a couple of the larger compendiums and found myself losing interest, but this was just right. These would be perfect for a HBO series.
like, SERIOUSLY good.
i always forget how excellent jaime's comics are and then when i read a new one (or reread an old one) i go on a borrowing splurge at the library. i'm going to have to take the plunge and start actually acquiring them.
i always forget how excellent jaime's comics are and then when i read a new one (or reread an old one) i go on a borrowing splurge at the library. i'm going to have to take the plunge and start actually acquiring them.
At first I couldn't really see the value of the stories that were being told. It seemed every character's primary motivation was sex. However, as I read, it got better and more relatable. It was ok. Not really my style though. Rather mundane at times.
Great expressions on the characters' faces, but I couldn't help but feel I was just "dropped into" their lives with no backstory. I frequently found myself thinking..."Who's that guy again??"
My favorite Hernandez character is Hopey, so I was excited about a book that would just be focused on Hopey, but then half of this book ended up being about Ray. Boo.
Oh, Hopey. My favorite foulmouthed raging id, a teacher ('s assistant)? Also, I'm really worried about Ray D. Falling in with the criminal element. Stick to the poochie, Ray D!
(Also, as a side note, I'm really bummed that I didn't find out till after I'd read this that I was spozed to read Ghost of Hoppers first. Feck. Oh well, it wasn't like it was hard to follow, but I think I would've gotten more out of the Vivian storyline if I had gone in order.)
(Also, as a side note, I'm really bummed that I didn't find out till after I'd read this that I was spozed to read Ghost of Hoppers first. Feck. Oh well, it wasn't like it was hard to follow, but I think I would've gotten more out of the Vivian storyline if I had gone in order.)
I've been reading the Hernandez Bros. since the early days of Love and Rockets, and Jaime's art and storytelling are better than ever.
As always, fucking brilliant, and too short.
Love and Rockets goes a little noir.
I liked this collection a lot more than the previous one I read, "Perla la Loca". This one had fewer characters and didn't jump around as much, and thus was easier to follow.
I've been reading Love and Rockets since 1996, when Keith moved out of the house and I found a stack of those comics in his closet. I think by 1996 I was coming to Love and Rockets kind of late.
About half of this book are stories of Hopey in the week before her new job as a teacher's assistant. The other half is more about Maggie, but really about her ex-boyfriend Ray and told from his perspective.
It's interesting to see these characters grown up and at least a bit more mature.
About half of this book are stories of Hopey in the week before her new job as a teacher's assistant. The other half is more about Maggie, but really about her ex-boyfriend Ray and told from his perspective.
It's interesting to see these characters grown up and at least a bit more mature.
Jaime's drawings are wonderful, graphic yet packed with nuance and personality. And of course Hopey and Maggie rock.
What can you say at a certain point, especially after having read a lot of these? Um, it's still good. This focuses a little much on Ray, given the title, but it's not as though I don't like him as a character. The opening story, which follows Hopey's embarkation on a new career as a teacher's assistant, is pretty great stuff, swinging from hypertension to the totally mundane, all within a space of seven days.
This was my first go with the Love and Rockets series. I must say, the female characters transcend the black and white spaces into colour! Hernandez's post-punk heroines kick ass (and they're beautiful with all-encompassing body shapes and sizes)! I was disappointed there wasn't more of Hopey (which is misleading title wise). The book is so LA, which triggered nostalgia. *Sigh*
Reading L&R always makes me want to prance around in my underwear, because all of the hot girls do that. This newest collection was aces, especially in the Hopey arena - always my favorite gal. I got a little choked up seeing Hopey as a teacher (assistant!) - known these ladies so long and so well that they feel more real to me than any literary character.
I really enjoyed this book when it was from the point of view of Hopey but as soon as it switched to Ray I completely lost interest... hence the 3 stars. The Hopey part almost reminded me of Adrian Tomine. Reading the back of the book lead me to believe there were others in this "series" so I'll look into them. Definitely worth a second glance.
It's kind of fascinating to watch Hopey and Maggie grow and kind of weird as the characters seem to dry up as they get older. I enjoy the biography of their lives and even Ray's as they move in the shrinking social circles of their age group and make choices about their lives.
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