A Brief Bit on Love & Rockets

[caitri]

If you've never read any of Los Bros Hernandez, well, shame on you and get thee to the comix store. I got the two newest L&R volumes yesterday and read them right through. Ghost of Hoppers atcually came out last year but when I ordered it from Amazon they were mysteriously unable to get me a copy and cancelled my order. And for some reason I never decided just to order it straight from Fantagraphics. Anyhow The Education of Hopey Glass came out and I said "Oh! Me need!" and then I tried getting Ghost too and it worked like a charm. So yay and I am happy.

Love & Rockets debuted in 1982. Jaime Hernandez writes the "Locas" stories about chicano punk rockers. His brother Gilbert writes the "Palomar" stories about a town in Mexico. (FYI You can get huge Fantagraphics deluxe collections that are about 500 gorgeous oversized pages each, titled, imaginatively enough, "Locas" and "Palomar.") I adore Locas infinitely more because what's not to like about the stories of pubk rockers told in real time from ca. 1978 to present. Which means that yes, the characters in the present volume are middle-aged, on the flabby side, but still as fucked-up as ever, and that's why I love them.

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In other news, I might get to teach a class or two in the fall. I'm working on course proposals right now. Stay tuned.