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Book

The art of Jaime Hernandez : the secrets of life and death

Call Number

  • 741.569 H6389 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2010.

Physical Description

223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Contents

  • Introduction / Alison Bechdel
  • Love (Family) and rockets in Oxnard
  • "Junk" culture
  • The cartoonist of modern life: love and rockets in the 1980s
  • Maggie, Hopey and the gang
  • Comics publishing, reception, and peers
  • The "death of speed" era
  • The art of narrative: "Spring 1982"
  • "Wigwam bam" and "Chester Square": 1990-1996
  • Whoa, Nellie! and Penny century: 1996-2000
  • Love and rockets vol. II and new stories: 2000-now
  • Illustration: the narrative of art
  • Sketchbooks
  • Afterword: The secrets of life and death.

Subjects

Added Authors

Jaime Hernandez