Jaime launches the new format with a superhero yarn: Penny Century has acquired superpowers, but is half-mad with grief and rampaging through the g...
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Apr 04, 2011
Michael
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This one features some of the Hernandez brothers shorter works from their indy hit Love And Rockets comic. It's an odder than usual mish mash but still featuring all that nuanced silver age Kirby-esque, Ditko-esque, whoever-esque crazy pencils.
If this stuff had really graced the funny pages though I guess there would have been a few more deaths attributed to choking on Rice Crispies at the breakfast table (other tasty breakfast cereals are available). The most accessible material here thou More...
If this stuff had really graced the funny pages though I guess there would have been a few more deaths attributed to choking on Rice Crispies at the breakfast table (other tasty breakfast cereals are available). The most accessible material here thou More...
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Nov 11, 2011
Jeff
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It's getting almost tedious to heap praises on Los Bros Hernandez, but what can a comics fan do? Once again, Los Bros demonstrate why they are one of the best things going in this art form. As always, the mix of humor, style, and fully realized characters lifts the work of Los Bros considerably above the ordinary, and the fact that most of these pieces occur outside the orbit of their most familiar fictional locales (Hoppers and Palomar) simply demonstrates that twenty years into the game, the
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May 19, 2011
Sara
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The positive: The Ti-Girls two-part story, which I would gladly have read alone. Superheroines who are fat, or older, or non-white, or sometimes all of the above! Superheroines who don't do killing, who throw off their male leaders when they outgrow them, who scream in grief and wear masks handed down from their KKK-fighting grandmother and who make shady deals with witches but the witches come out looking marginally more sympathetic because superheroes should stick to their word, guys.
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May 25, 2009
Mabel
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I saw this standing alone in the library's graphic novel section and knew I'd heard good things about Love and Rockets. It's marked "no. 1" so I assumed it'd be a good way to start at the beginning.
Didn't matter that it ended up being not at the beginning at all. Every Hernandez Brothers story in this collection is fantastic and has compelled me to go back and read the original series, epic as it may be.
Altogether, this turned out to be one of the most socially cons More...
Didn't matter that it ended up being not at the beginning at all. Every Hernandez Brothers story in this collection is fantastic and has compelled me to go back and read the original series, epic as it may be.
Altogether, this turned out to be one of the most socially cons More...
Mar 21, 2009
Jess
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I love this series but I haven't read much of it yet... the bookstore guy recommended this one over an older collection and I wish he hadn't. I found it fairly fragmented and not all that interesting compared to other Love & Rockets books I could have spent my money on. And it was too short, which I realize sounds like "the food is terrible and the portions are so small" -- but I think if it had been a more substantial collection, the weak parts would have seemed like less of a big dea
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Jan 13, 2009
Troy
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Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez return to their fantastical and superhero roots. Jaime includes a wild superhero story that stars Penny Century and co-stars a couple of minor characters who have existed on the sidelines for many years. It's a fun romp and also a sly look at aging and losing youth. Gilbert, on the other hand, tries all kinds of wild experimentation, even once with the other Hernandez brother, Mario. Gilbert really has some fun stuff, including one starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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Nov 28, 2010
Paul
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The Hernandez brothers' art is very compelling. Though it seems that they use few lines, those lines are so well done, whether it is shadow or not, that they effortlessly create characters. They have tales of old Mexico togather with out there tales of Super heroines that really seem right out of wrestling mags that the kpow world of superheroes. I enjoyed both its humor and its magical realism that would even make Gabriel Garcia Marquez proud. This book keeps getting better.
Feb 24, 2009
Jesse
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I want to read everything Gilbert Hernandez has ever written. His stuff is just about everything I look for in a book: surreal and obscure, either based in folklore or made to seem that way, sort of postmodern, a little crass. Some of his pieces made me think of Stanislaw Lem's Cyberiad, some brought out the inevitable Garcia Marquez comparison. The Penny Century story by Jaime was really good, but, man, those stories by Beto speak to me.
Sep 18, 2008
Andrew
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I don't know what happened here. Jaime and Beto have recently been doing the best work of their careers (Jaime's mature and nuanced Locas stories and his "Maggie" extended story, and Beto's recent New Tales of Old Palomar), but this issue - the first of L&R's new yearly, chunky format - is a major regression for both of the primary brothers. Jaime's story returns to the early sci-fi days of the Locas stories, but Maggie's in about two panels, Hopey none, and everything centers on Angel
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Apr 14, 2010
Esmeralda
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When Penny Century unleshes anger by wrecking havok to the universe, two different sets of superheros Ti-Girls and Fenoms have to put and end to it. Ti-Girls is a reject set of superheros while Fenoms are corporate. Instead of killing Penny they plan on finding the source of her anger and try to help heal her. This means finding her lost children. The storyline is novel. The quips are funny.
Aug 03, 2009
Needleroozer
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This is some wonderfully crazy shit!
My favorite story is the one about the crews of all women super heroes. WOW! (Actually, the stories between the two parts of the super hero saga are rather strange, and I didn't enjoy them all that much.)
I love the fat women in the Love and Rockets stories. Hips, bellies, breasts, and thighs. YES!
My favorite story is the one about the crews of all women super heroes. WOW! (Actually, the stories between the two parts of the super hero saga are rather strange, and I didn't enjoy them all that much.)
I love the fat women in the Love and Rockets stories. Hips, bellies, breasts, and thighs. YES!
Feb 08, 2012
Melki
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The Ti-Girls have forever changed my view of the super hero. You don't have to be young, beautiful, or super svelte to kick bad guys' asses! I'm there, baby! If I can just remember where I put those tights...
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Aug 06, 2011
Lena
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The art is kinda cool - lots of REALLY curvy girls. But the stories are loopy - hard to follow. Some of it amused me because it was pretty rediculous.
Sep 27, 2010
Karla
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The Hernandez brothers bring the theme of Love and Rockets back to superheroes. Nice to see Rocky, if only for a little bit.
Feb 23, 2009
Pamster
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Woohoo! I can't believe I finished the whole series! So awesome to be back with Maggie, if only briefly.
Dec 04, 2008
Matt
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An interesting collection of stories that are subverted by the author's disturbing penchant for text.
Jan 05, 2009
Joel
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the return of many old characters in a new story...can't wait until the next issue os released...
Sep 28, 2011
Leah
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Interesting. I'm not sure I like it, but the stories are interesting, and the art is good.
May 28, 2011
Philip
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I don't see what all the fuss is about - but perhaps I started with the wrong one.
Jul 13, 2010
Megan
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How much fun was *that*?!? Superheroes, the throwaway faux Martin and Lewis type stuff... this is very unlike the Love and Rockets comics that I have read, but I'd like to read more like it.
Feb 25, 2011
Dorothy
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I couldn't really give this book 4 stars. I mean, the stories were OK - some were interesting and some didn't really make any sense. I do like the style of artwork used in the weird kind-of-nonsensical pieces, so that's a good thing. The superhero theme was all right but nothing to get excited about. I am, however, pleased that the Hernandez brothers are still churning out these comic books. Kudos to them!
Aug 31, 2011
Matt
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Yet another fantastic volume of Love & Rockets. The Ti-Girls adventure is great, and Papa is a nicely poignant story. The shorts are a little less than satisfying, but the longer ones make up for it.
Oct 11, 2008
Jamil
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I kinda enjoyed seeing Jaime tackle a superhero story, but most of the Beto stories in this volume didn't really grab me.
Jun 26, 2010
Kevin
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this was a quick read. I found it to be about brothers who use their names to write whatever they want because they have too many rabid Art School Grads flocking to the nearest comic shop just to by whatever has "Hernandez" written on it. A few hits, but a lot of misses. If I want good indie I will stick to Oni or Young Americans.
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