{"product_id":"the-girl-from-hoppers-a-love-and-rockets-book-9781560978510","title":"The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.: A Love and Rockets Book","description":"In \u003cem\u003eThe Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.\u003c\/em\u003e, Hernandez refined his artistic storytelling approach, settling into the more naturalistic environment of a fictional Los Angeles neighborhood, Hoppers, and the lives of the people who live there. In stories like \"The Death of Speedy,\" such is Jaime's mastery that even though the title telegraphs the end of the story, the downhill spiral of Speedy, the local heartthrob, is utterly compelling and ultimately shocking. Also in this volume, Maggie begins her on-again off-again romance with Ray D., leading to friction and an eventual separation from Hopey. This volume is the third in a comprehensive and chronological series, \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Love and Rockets Library\u003c\/em\u003e, and the second that collects all of writer-artist Jaime Hernandez's \"Locas\" storyline in which characters change as they age in \"real-time.\" \u003cp\u003eThese stories, created between 1985-1991, first appeared in the long-running (and ongoing) \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e comics series, also featuring work by Jaime's brothers, Gilbert and Mario. \u003cem\u003eL\u0026amp;R\u003c\/em\u003e has been called \"the greatest American comic book series of all time\" by \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e and \"a great, sprawling American novel\" by \u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e. It broke ground with its craft and the casual intersectionality of its huge and diverse casts of nuanced characters (many of whom are LGBQTIA+) who live and have relationships in often-naturalistic settings and situations. (Although \u003cem\u003eL\u0026amp;R\u003c\/em\u003e has SF and magical realist elements too). Along with contemporaries Chris Ware, Lynda Barry, and Daniel Clowes, the Hernandez brothers pushed the comics medium into new artistic heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaime Hernandez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 7.62w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560978510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHernandez, Jaime:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJaime Hernandez\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of six siblings born and raised in Oxnard, California. His mother passed down a love of comics, which for Jaime became a passion rivaled only by his interest in the burgeoning punk rock scene of 1970s Southern California. Together with his brothers Gilbert and Mario, Jaime co-created the ongoing comic book series \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e in 1981, which Gilbert and Jaime continue to both write and draw to this day. Jaime's work began as a perfect (if unlikely) synthesis of the anarchistic, do-it-yourself aesthetic of the punk scene and an elegant cartooning style that recalled masters such as Charles M. Schulz and Alex Toth. \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e has evolved into one of the great bodies of American literary fiction, spanning five decades and countless high-water marks in the medium's history. In 2016, Hernandez won the prestigious \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize for his graphic novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Love Bunglers\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2017, he (along with Gilbert) was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, and, in 2018, he released his first children's book, the Aesop Book Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a lifelong Angeleno.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jaime Hernandez \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47286264529053,"sku":"9781560978510","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a57b0b9c-a17e-46b9-b9d9-38f28b15972e.jpg?v=1760018152","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-girl-from-hoppers-a-love-and-rockets-book-9781560978510","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}