Love And Rockets: New Stories No. 6

Love And Rockets: New Stories No. 6

<p><strong>In the latest installment of the long-running alternative comic series, Maria’s kids, grandkids and great-grandkids create rival movie adaptations of her life (i.e., Gilbert Hernandez’s <em>Poison River</em> story arc), while Jaime Hernandez’s teen character Tonta tries to figure out how she knows her swim coach.</strong></p><em>Love and Rockets</em> enters its fourth decade with the latest installment of this acclaimed graphic novel-format iteration, featuring both old friends and new faces, and some genuine surprises... The cover shows Gilbert’s new star Killer in a pose and milieu that will bring back memories for long-time fans ― imitating the hammer-wielding Luba in her adopted Palomar. That’s because Killer has discovered that her great-grandmother Maria (Luba’s mother) starred in a late 1950s crime movie, and begins to delve into the details of her family’s twisted history. Complicating things is the fact that Luba’s half-sister Fritz played Maria in an amped-up biopic version of her life, creating a postmodern alternate version of the classic “Poison River” which originally told Maria’s story (in a tie-in release, see page 52 for the graphic novel version of this movie, <em>Maria M. Part One</em>)! In the other half of the book, Jaime continues to explore his intriguing new character Tonta: In “Fuck Summer,” Tonta is talked into joining the summer swim team but can’t figure out why the brand new swim coach knows her ― so, with help from friends, she sets out to find the answer. Meanwhile, something far more sinister is brewing behind the scenes... Black & white