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Love And Rockets New Stories No. 4 (2011)

by Gilbert Hernández(Favorite Author)

4.45 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

fantagraphics books

series

Complete Love and Rockets

review 1: Well, this one certainly packed an emotional punch.Jaime concludes his The Love Bunglers storyline with some powerful writing and drawing. Maggie's life sort of comes full circle and with Jaime filling in gaps in her life story through flashback stories over the last few editions, there's a real sense of closure. I've been reading about Maggie and Hopey and the rest for the last 25 years or so, in various iterations of Love and Rockets, so to see this character finally get a happy ending was quite moving. I hope Jaime hasn't finished with Maggie. Besides, we haven't found out what's happening with Hopey yet!For me this edition is all about Jaime's stories. Gilbert's stories left me a bit cold. Has he got another Human Diastrophism or Poison River in him? I dunno. I'm not w... morearming to Killer. So the five stars are all Jaime's.
review 2: Friday I discovered that I'd totally missed the release of the latest Love and Rockets graphic novel! So Saturday I went to Forbidden Planet to pick up a copy. I probably should have re-read 3 first but I just sat down and read it because I couldn't wait! I think this is the first time I've read one of the new books since I've read Gilbert's Love and Rocket comics. I have to say having been more familiar with his writing and art I found myself enjoying his stories more than the previous issues. He had a story about Vampires and wanna-be Vampires which while quite 1994 was still cute! There was also a story about a self obsessed couple that was very French new wave that I enjoyed.Jamie's comics were also good. There was some AMAZING art work in here. The way that ageing Maggie is portrayed is just brilliant, she'll look quite frumpy and middle aged but then she'll do something and there will be a most subtle hint of the younger Maggie. It's a wonderful exploration of ageing. The stories are good, though not as good or dramatic as in vol. 3. He ties up Maggie and Ray's story. It's sweet but I always preferred Maggie with Hopey to Ray. Even though I know those two are doomed it's kinda hard to see Maggie with someone else and Hopey off being the typical lesbian mom. Still I did really like it and definitely need to go back and re-read it and book 3 together. less

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