{"product_id":"maggie-the-mechanic-a-love-and-rockets-book-paperback","title":"Maggie the Mechanic: A Love and Rockets Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJaime Hernandez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the first in a comprehensive and chronological series, \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Love and Rockets Library\u003c\/em\u003e, and the first that collects all of writer-artist Jaime Hernandez's \"Locas\" comic books and graphic novels. The storyline revolves around the indomitable Maggie, her anarchic best friend\/occasional lover, Hopey, punk music, paramours, friends, family, and the Southern Californian neighborhood Hoppers 13, aka Huerta. \u003cem\u003eMaggie the Mechanic\u003c\/em\u003e collects the earliest and most sci-fi stories where, in addition to our heroes, we meet bombshell Penny Century, weirdo mentor Izzy, wrestler Rena Titanon, and potential love interest Rand Race. As well as seeing Hernandez develop as a cartoonist from 1981 to 1989, readers will see how he draws characters with various body types that change as they age in \"real-time.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories first appeared in the seminal, 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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.2 x 7.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771557151008,"sku":"9781560977841","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c48da9ae86975ca9c55fe89f6b7fd18d.webp?v=1780388351","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/maggie-the-mechanic-a-love-and-rockets-book-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}