LIFE DRAWING A LOVE AND ROCKETS COLLECTION HC (MR) (26 Feb Release)

Ten years in the making (and torn from the pages of the legendary Love and Rockets)¸ Jaime Hernandez’s newest graphic novel skillfully weaves two generations of his beloved characters into a satisfying story of love—both young and middleaged. Life Drawing darts primarily between the youthful Tonta and the venerable Maggie. Tonta has a crush on her art teacher¸ Ray¸ as well as an axe to grind with an older woman in the neighborhood. When Tonta finds that the woman¸ Maggie¸ is married to Ray¸ things get complicated. And Tonta does not handle complications well.Life Drawing showcases Hernandez's brilliant talent for character¸ weaving relationships¸ rejections¸ infidelities¸ and adventures involving: Tonta’s selfinvolved sisters Vivian¸ Violet¸ and Muñeca; her colorful pals Gomez¸ Judy Fair¸ and Brown Alice; her mother¸ the infamous ‘Black Widow of the Valley’; and of course¸ the two great loves of Maggie’s life¸ Ray and Hopey. There’s also a forest spirit¸ two weddings¸ some cosplay¸ a little pole dancing¸ and page after page of breathtaking comics by the medium’s most wideeyed romantic. Did we mention the weddings?