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Love and Rockets #20 p. 14

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Location: .Titles - LOVE & ROCKETS [Hernandez Bros]
Title: Love and Rockets #20 p. 14*
Artist:  Jaime  Hernandez (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 485
Likes on CAF: 16
Comments: 16
Added to Site: 8/25/2022

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10 x 15

Oh you thought we were done with Love and Rockets in this gallery? Not by a long shot.

Next month will be 40 years since the release of Love and Rockets #1 published by Fantagraphics. This early page is made special by being a flashback page from "The Return of Ray D" story. Maggie is having a difficult time with Hopey MIA so she gets hammered hanging out with Danita.

We get a touching flashback to a very young Maggie and Hopey in their maximum cuteness, especially Maggie, showing her crush on Ray from afar. We find out later in the story what Hopey was writing in the wet concrete as Maggie finds herself stumbling and right where the flashback took place. Another touching moment.

Love every single panel on this page, from Maggie's look, to Hopey's sarcastic retort, to the sudden knock back to present day. Jaime nails Maggie blacking in and out with that final panel.

All in all just a very meaningful page in not just it's execution but it's connection to the past and future of Jaime's Locas epic.

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James S Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 8/25/2022

Ok, Ok, you convinced me.  I will check out this series for the first time!

Jason K Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 8/25/2022

James S wrote:
"  Ok, Ok, you convinced me.  I will check out this series for the first time!
 "

Glad to hear it. I don't know of anyone who's regretted it. Only regretted not doing it sooner! 

E DLS Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 8/25/2022

Great, thanks Jason!  I know you posted this just to age me, right?  My god, where did the last 40 years go?  Can't believe I was collecting when these books were coming out new.  Sigh!  Anyway, gorgeous page.  So crisp and clean.  Brilliantly effective in its simplicity.  But I still hate you for making me feel so damn old.

Jason K Member Since 2018
Posted On 8/25/2022

E DLS wrote:
"  Great, thanks Jason!  I know you posted this just to age me, right?  My god, where did the last 40 years go?  Can't believe I was collecting when these books were coming out new.  Sigh!  Anyway, gorgeous page.  So crisp and clean.  Brilliantly effective in its simplicity.  But I still hate you for making me feel so damn old.
 "

You're welcome, Eric! I was in preschool in another country! Hard to believe my kids older than I was when this came out. Could there even possibly be a series today that continues until they're my age? I don't think so. What an accomplishment. 

Mark V Member Since 2021
3    
Posted On 8/25/2022

Is this Ray's first appearance? Does that make this a...BIRTH PAGE.

Just a marvelously executed page that delivers maximum emotional impact. I could be biased when it comes to Jaime, though.

Jason K Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 8/25/2022

Mark V wrote:
"  Is this Ray's first appearance? Does that make this a...BIRTH PAGE.
Just a marvelously executed page that delivers maximum emotional impact. I could be biased when it comes to Jaime, though.
 "

Wow! It must be valuable! Your take is right on, both objectively and subjectively. 

Victor Bracamontes Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 8/25/2022

Yes, keep them coming! Finished the first volume and on to the second, can't thank you enough for getting me to read L&R!

Yo Kuri Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 8/25/2022

Flexing those character acting skills! Great one!

artless artmore Member Since 2013
1    
Posted On 8/26/2022

Classic page!  So much fun

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 8/26/2022

The teen angst on this is presented genuinely and in a clean and tidy Hernandez manner.   

Jason Hussa Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 8/26/2022

Gorgeous.  Another slam dunk, Jason!  A really fun flashback to the "good old days" of the reminiscing characters, where everything looks clean and well-lit and pretty... making the gut punch of panel 9 (with Maggie mirroring her own posture in panel 8, but under completely different circumstances) that much more intense, dramatic, and heartbreaking. Brilliant storytelling example.  Congrats, sir - this is fantastic!

Tyler T Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 8/26/2022

A wonderful page with emotion that you just have to appreciate.

Jeremiah Avery Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 8/27/2022

Great page, congratulations! I'll probably be framing a page or two I have from this series to hang up. 

Michael  McIsaac Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 8/29/2022

Another outstanding page in your growing Love and Rockets collection!

Fabio C. Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 8/29/2022

great page!

Constant N Member Since 2005
2    
Posted On 10/9/2022

I never tire of Jaime's work. He's such a remarkable storyteller. On this page he's firing on all cylinders; the economy of line, each character is fully realized and unique (look at panel 1 with Maggie holding her hands or panel 3 with Maggie walking with her head down or, shoot all the shots of Hopey being, well...Hopey!), every figure in every panel so exquisitely drawn. Thanks for sharing

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