Showing posts with label Gilbert Hernandez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gilbert Hernandez. Show all posts
Monday, November 25, 2019

Maria M.

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If Maria M. were a movie, it'd be more than three hours long and with an ending that would put Scarface 's to shame. You know w...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Loverboys

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Loverboys is a return to a certain sort of story for Gilbert Hernandez . The story here takes place in the small town of Lágrimas, which ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Bumperhead

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Last year, the prolific and legendary Gilbert Hernandez impressed with his semi-autobiographical exploration of childhood, Marble Season...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Maria M. Book One

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Maria M. may be the most metatextual graphic novel ever. It is an adaptation of a movie written by a grandaughter about her grandmother,...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Citizen Rex

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To close out Gilbert Hernandez Month , today I am looking at a book he co-created with his older brother Mario , Citizen Rex . This book ...
Monday, November 25, 2013

The Troublemakers

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The Troublemakers is one of Gilbert Hernandez's adaptations of a movie that starred Fritz, his psychologist character from Love and ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Julio's Day

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Julio's Day covers much more than a day as it takes place from Julio's birth in 1900 until his death in 2000. Over those hundred...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Speak of the Devil

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I took a little detour from Gilbert Hernandez Month yesterday, but today I am going back on track. Speak of the Devil collects a 6 i...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Yeah!

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Yeah! is a curious creation in terms of its creative team. Writer Peter Bagge and artist Gilbert Hernandez are much better known for t...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Marble Season

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Marble Season is a coming of age story in the vein of works like Our Gang , Peanuts , or the Cosby Kids , where children's personali...
Monday, November 4, 2013

Gilbert Hernandez Month!

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If you pay attention to what books and authors I review, you will have noticed that I am a huge fan of Los Bros. Hernandez . I got this p...
Monday, November 5, 2012

The Adventures of Venus

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Love and Rockets month is over, but the fine books from Hernandez brothers just keep coming! This one is made up installments original...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Love and Rockets Month Coda

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Thanks for reading my ramblings about Love and Rockets this month, and thank you also for bearing with me when I fell behind and was not...
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Love and Rockets Volumes 13-15

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Love and Rockets month comes to a thrilling conclusion today as I post about the last three volumes in the original run of the series. Enj...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Love and Rockets Volumes 10-12

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As we speed toward the exciting conclusion of Love and Rockets month, I will tackle the last 6 books three at a time. Starting with: Lov...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Flies on the Ceiling

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Flies on the Ceiling "Flies on the Ceiling" is a mature, masterful story about a breakdown. It is a dreamlike and horrific, a...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Blood of Palomar

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Blood of Palomar Yesterday, I reviewed Jaime's first masterpiece, The Death of Speedy , and today I am writing about the first solo ...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Duck Feet

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Duck Feet So far, I am learning how difficult it is to review these early volumes that are more anthologies of stories from both brother...