Fantagraphics Studio Edition

Fantagraphics Studio Edition
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781606999967

In this millennium, every page Hernandez draws is die-cut flawless and ready for reproduction; but it wasn't always that way. Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez collects almost 200 pages of the raw, un-retouched original art, via select stories - masterpieces, all - from the first fifty issues of the Love and Rockets comic book.

Queen of the Ring

Queen of the Ring
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2021-08-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1683964454

For the past 40 years, acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez has been creating a Love and Rockets-adjacent world ― set in the heyday of 1960s and ’70s women’s wrestling and lucha libre! ― with an entirely separate cast of characters who have aged and evolved: the beautiful and brutal Bettie Rey, the I.F.W. Pacific Women’s Champion ― a.k.a. Golden Girl ― as well as former champions Pantera Negra, Miss Kitty Perez, and many more. As Hernandez puts it, “It’s my Love and Rockets world that’s not my Love and Rockets world.” This best-of book spotlights the women who are often ignored in pro wrestling in 125 full color illustrations: pin-ups, action shots, fake wrestling magazine covers, all presented in a large paperback format that echoes the lucha libre magazines of the 1960s. Hernandez also discusses the work in an interview with fellow cartoonist Katie Skelly. Despite having created one of the most expansive and remarkable casts of characters of any cartoonist who ever lived (under the umbrella of the ongoing L&R comic book series), acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez ― Will Eisner Hall of Famer; Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz, and PEN Award winner; L.A. Times Book Prize winner; and on a very short list of contenders for the title of America’s Greatest Living Cartoonist ― has been privately amassing a body of work that no one else has ever seen for over 40 years. Until now.

The Art of Jaime Hernandez

The Art of Jaime Hernandez
Author: Todd Hignite
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780810995703

Profiles the work of one of the original creators of the comic, Love and Rockets, revealing never-before-seen sketches, childhood drawings, and unpublished work, including his complete serial which appeared in the New York Times Magazine.

In the Studio

In the Studio
Author: Todd Hignite
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2007-09-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300133875

Nine critically acclaimed cartoonists and graphic novelists invite us into their studios to discuss their art and inspirations These studio visits with some of today's most popular and innovative comic artists present an unparalleled look at the cutting edge of the comic medium. The artists, some of whom rarely grant interviews, offer insights into the creative process, their influences and personal sources of inspiration, and the history of comics. The interviews amount to private gallery tours, with the artists commenting, now thoughtfully, now passionately, on their own work as well as the works of others. The book is generously illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artists' works, including some that have been published and others not originally intended for publication, such as sketchbooks and personal projects. Additional illustrations show behind-the-scenes working processes of the cartoonists and particular works by others that have influenced or inspired them. Through the eyes of these artists, we see with a new clarity the achievement of contemporary cartoonists and the extraordinary possibilities of comic art.

The Love Bunglers

The Love Bunglers
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606997297

The suppression of family history is the initial thread that ties together The Love Bunglers, featuring Hernandez's longtime Love and Rockets heroine Maggie. Because these secrets can't be dealt with openly, their lingering effect is even more powerful. But Maggie's ability to navigate and find meaning in her life - despite losing her culture, her brother, her profession, and her friends - is what's made her a compelling character. After a lifetime of losses, Maggie finds, in the second half, her longtime off and on lover, Ray Dominguez. Much like John Updike in his four Rabbitnovels, Jaime Hernandez has been following his longtime character Maggie around for several decades, all of which has seemed to be building towards this book in particular.

Maggie the Mechanic

Maggie the Mechanic
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2007-03-17
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1560977841

The first of three volumes chronicles the globe-trotting adventures and exploits of Maggie, her best friend and occasional lover Hopey, and their companions, Peggy Century, her weirdo mentor Izzy, aging wrestler Rena Titanon, and Maggie's new love interest, Rand Race. Original.

Whoa, Nellie!

Whoa, Nellie!
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2000
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Locas in Love presents the first collection of this ongoing series, highlighting the best moments from the first four issues.

God and Science

God and Science
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606995391

The "director's cut" edition of the sprawling super-hero epic from Love and Rockets. Originally serialized in Love and Rockets New Stories, “Ti-Girls Adventures” managed to be both a rollickingly creative super-hero joyride (featuring three separate super-teams and over two dozen characters) that ranged from the other side of the universe to Maggie’s shabby apartment, and a genuinely dramatic fable about madness, grief, and motherhood as Penny Century’s decades-long quest to become a genuine super-heroine are finally, and tragically, fulfilled. In addition to introducing a plethora of wild new characters, God and Science brings in many older characters from Jaime’s universe, some from seemingly throwaway shorter strips and some from Maggie’s day-to-day world (including some real surprises). The main heroine of the story, forming a bridge between the “realistic” Maggie stories and the super-heroic extravaganza is “Angel,” Maggie’s sweet-tempered and athletic new roommate and best friend, and now herself an aspiring super-heroine.

Tonta

Tonta
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2019-07-31
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1683962052

A standalone graphic novel that shines a light on the family tree of one of Hernandez's most memorable characters of the past several years, the teenager Tonta.

Love and Rockets

Love and Rockets
Author: Gilbert Hernandez
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2013-09-21
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606995987

Five women stand in a police lineup; four of them are garishly dressed, impressively endowed superwomen ― perfectly normal, because this is, after all, the cover of a comic book. A closer look, however, reveals a fifth woman who seems thoroughly out of place ― mousy, in bathrobe and curlers, smoking a cigarette, she appears to have been suddenly yanked from her breakfast table. Surely, this diminutive, dowdy woman is here by mistake ― or is she? From the very first cover of the very first issue of Love and Rockets in 1982, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez have created artwork that has subverted, contradicted and celebrated the history of the comic book medium, inverting familiar tropes and creating some of the most iconic images in comics over the past three and a half decades, inviting fans and readers into their world. Amazingly, many of the covers created by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez for the various iterations of Love and Rockets over the past 35 years have never been collected or have only been reprinted in black-and-white. Love and Rockets: The Covers will not only rectify this problem, but present them without trade dress (logos, marketing hype, etc.), allowing the original cover illustrations to communicate on their own.