Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets issue 3 page 21 (Fantagraphics 1982)
Artist: Jaime Hernandez (All)
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DescriptionA few years ago, a long time dealer/collector told me that he considered Love and Rockets by the Hernandez brothers one of the great achievements of American long form fiction, full-stop. His comment made me think - I was a 20th Century American Literature major in college while L&R was hitting its stride in the mid to late 1980s. I could easily have studied the stories by Los Bros as well as the works of Faulkner, Fitzgerald or Hemingway.Their achievement in continuing these stories while progressing the characters over the last 40 years is unbelievable. Imagine - Spider-man is still a teen/in his 20's, while over the same period Maggie, Hopey and Luba have aged 40 years. This level of focused realism over decades is nearly impossible to sustain, and yet they have done it and continue to make top notch material. I have a number of key pieces from each brother, most of which are in my CAF gallery, but I lacked perhaps the most important one - an early Jaime page. As I watched prices climb on these pages, I waited for one that would satisfy my criteria: an interim page, where Jaime was moving from his initial sci-fi heavy black style towards the clean line work he transitioned into. The page has to have the main characters on it and be one that moves the story ahead. I finally found one this year. The page has Maggie (thrice), Hopey (thrice), Demona (thrice), Rand Race, Penny Century, H.R. (Herv) Costigan, for good measure, a conehead and a lump resembling Concrete, and a few other crazy characters that Jaime repurposed later (could that be Pepper in the first panel?). Watching the transition of Jaime from self published issue 1 to Fantagraphics issues 1, 2 and 3 is thrilling. I was lucky enough to go through it in real time, and it still sends shivers down my spine when I read these issues, even knowing now what is to come. A grail piece, no doubt, but also a piece whose importance should be recognized as part of a classic American story. Social/Sharing |
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Mark V 
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 9/22/2025
Congratulations, Doug! Now I regret consigning my early pages! To your point, this one's got something for everyone. Jaime is so good at drawing these party scenes...both here and at later points in the series.
Doug L.
Member Since 2019
Posted on 9/22/2025
Mark V wrote:
Congratulations, Doug! Now I regret consigning my early pages! To your point, this one's got something for everyone. Jaime is so good at drawing these party scenes...both here and at later points in the series.
Praise from a expert on Jaime such as yourself is high praise indeed!
Anthony Fox
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 9/22/2025
Loved the punk rock aesthetic of those early L & R books. Phenomenal page
Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 9/22/2025
Fabulous 100 Rooms page. Don't see very many of these. Big congrats!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 9/23/2025
Everyone in the club has their own agenda and Jaime draws each one with thought into their motivations and how they go about them. An early page where the old reliable 9 panel layout becomes the stablizing construct to keep Jaime in check.
Duke Fleed
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 9/24/2025
Beautiful work. Love this early stuff! Congrats!
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