Maria M. Book 2 (Love and Rockets)

Maria M. Book 2 (Love and Rockets)

<p><strong>In Book Two of Gilbert Hernandez’s film-within-a-graphic-novel, Maria M. sparks a gang war.</strong></p> In the concluding half of this brutal, original crime noir graphic novel series from the co-creator of <em>Love and Rockets</em>, Maria M. has come to America for a better life, marrying―and unexpectedly leaving a drug kingpin. The kingpin’s son, Gorgo, learns Maria’s secret: she was raped, and ran away from her husband to hide her illegitimate pregnancy. She goes back to her old work as a stripper and Gorgo, heartbroken by her absence, shuns society. When they reunite, the reunion sparks the most violent gangland bloodbath in history. Though <em>Maria M.</em> works perfectly on its own terms as violent, sexy pulp entertainment, readers of Hernandez’s previous books will recognize its lead character. In a meta-twist worthy of the genre, <em>Maria M.</em> the graphic novel is also the B-grade biopic of the mother of Hernandez’s most beloved character, Luba! Black & white