(Hmm... spent time on that l33t coding, and somehow my link didn't work)
― morrisp, Monday, 10 April 2017 04:50 (seven years ago) link
ha I can't see that but seeing as how I bought my Book Two in 1987 or so it is probably older, iirc a light blue cover w/Luba.
― sleeve, Monday, 10 April 2017 13:54 (seven years ago) link
It's a nightmare trying to stay on top of this but I think the Luba hardcover is the only place to get the piece from Vol 2 #20. Fanta sez:
Note to collectors: this volume collects stories which originally appeared in the comics series Measles, Luba and Luba's Comics and Stories and were previously collected in the softcover collections Luba in America, Luba: The Book of Ofelia, and Luba: Three Daughters; the final chapter, from Love and Rockets Vol. II #20, is previously uncollected
I guess it might be in the Ofelia paperback, since that came out after?
Anyhoo, I enjoyed Vol 4 #2 quite a lot but I'm a sucker for the Maggie & Hopey Punk Rock Nostalgia Trip.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Monday, 10 April 2017 14:21 (seven years ago) link
Punk Rock story is definitely the best, Viv and Angel storyline also pretty good. The rest of the stuff I can take or leave.
― Moodles, Monday, 10 April 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
<i>ha I can't see that but seeing as how I bought my Book Two in 1987 or so it is probably older, iirc a light blue cover w/Luba.</i>
Yep, that's mine, too... slightly smaller format than the others, with a totally different design scheme.
― morrisp, Monday, 10 April 2017 14:28 (seven years ago) link
the latest gilbert collections ("luba and her family" and "ofelia") contain vol. 2 stuff.
those are actually collections of some spin-off Luba comics. In V2 he serialized mostly Julio's Day and High Soft Lisp, which has only been collected in the "Julio's Day" and "High Soft Lisp" books. https://www.comics.org/series/17785/ has links to each V2 issue containing tables of contents and references to where each story has been collected elsewhere so far.
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 10 April 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
how feasible is it for me to just fuckin buy the old Vol. 2 issues 11-20? are back issues on eBay or something?
― sleeve, Monday, 10 April 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
fanta sells most (maybe all?) of them online
― Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Monday, 10 April 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
if they are on the site, I don't see them.
― sleeve, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
ah, they are grouped (in no order) under "Comic Books"
― sleeve, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
the colour Maggie story fro the New York Times is also in The Art Of Jaime Hernandez
― (±\ PLO;;;;;;; Style (sic), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 00:24 (seven years ago) link
Ah yeah I have that too
― morrisp, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link
for everybody's information, Vol. II #s 5, 13, 15 and 20 (at least) are out of print now and not on Fanta website, still out there used for reasonable prices but not for long I imagine.
Still confused about whether the big books (numbered spines) have more material than the original comics, like didn't Poison River boast about 100 extra pages or some such? Is this the case with the new, non-numbered books collecting Vol. II stuff as well?
signed,
still confused
― sleeve, Saturday, 15 April 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
The Wikipedia "Poison River" page says:
For the completed book edition Hernandez divided the story into seventeen chapters and added another sixteen pages, and prefaced each chapter with an illustration of one of the characters, suggesting the chapter was to focus on that character.[13]
― new noise, Saturday, 15 April 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
*serialization
I wrote an amazon review about poison river. That's a great book. I was also annoyed that they left it out if the big Palomar book because it included what seemed like useful backstory.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 15 April 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
haha I saw that!
― sleeve, Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:30 (seven years ago) link
"100 Rooms" was significantly expanded for the first collection it appears in (and I assume any subsequent collections, like that big "Locas" book, use that version, as well).
"Ti-Girls" also apparently gained new panels for its collection, though I haven't bought any of the New Stories collections (just the original issues).
― morrisp, Monday, 17 April 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
FYI -- Fanta's having a 20% off (everything) sale today.
― morrisp, Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
Goddamnit.
― Lipbra Geraldoman (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 April 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
Latin American cultural references largely unfamiliar to English-speaking audiences, such as to lucha libre, Frida Kahlo, Cantinflas, and Memín Pinguín, may also have played in a role in the book's cold reception.
ppl are fucking morons
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 April 2017 21:15 (seven years ago) link
English-speaking people, anyway.
― Lipbra Geraldoman (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 April 2017 22:20 (seven years ago) link
I'm a bit skeptical... "cold reception" by whom? (I searched the quote and found the "Reception and Legacy" section of the Wikipedia entry for "Poison River"... the footnotes mainly refer to a few articles which aren't online, so I guess okay...)
― morrisp, Friday, 21 April 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
("Wikipedia still suxx in 2017")
― morrisp, Friday, 21 April 2017 00:13 (seven years ago) link
All this L&R talk inspired me to re-read "The Death of Speedy Ortiz" (and its prelude, "The Return of Ray D."). For me, the era these stories kick off (1987-90) was a high-water mark for both Jaime's art and writing. "The Death of Speedy" collection (Vol. 7 of The Complete Love & Rockets) was also the first L&R book I ever bought, shortly after its publication; so it has a special hold on me for that reason, as well (like the first album you ever heard from your favorite band).
Anyway, I revisit this book every so often, and still find something new to appreciate each time. "The Death of Speedy Ortiz" is basically flawless... and what strikes me now is the "economy" of the storytelling. It's not a particularly long story, but it "feels" heavier and more substantial in your memory. It's as though Jaime only shows you certain (key) scenes from a story that could have been twice as long... almost as if it were edited down from a longer version (but gaining clarity, rather than losing substance, in the editing). The scenes are brief; each dialogue exchange moves the story along; every panel feels "necessary" and "just right"; but what Jaime chooses to show you also feels loose and natural, not labored over. You're left with the impression that he could have shown you an almost entirely different set of scenes from the same story, but this is what he happened to choose, and it works beautifully.
Without getting too deep into it, I feel you could make the case that each main character, in almost every scene has a "motivation" and objective (as is discussed in relation to filmmaking/acting), and this is part of what drives the narrative momentum. Finally, there's also a light "soap opera" element, coexisting with both "realism" and familiar comic-book tropes, that I had almost forgotten about as an element of Jaime's work (as the "soap opera" dimension has receded in his storytelling over time). It all still feels so fresh and perfectly realized, even 30 years down the road...
― morrisp, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
I just had a lightbulb over head — Jaime : Speedy's death :: Ozu : the grandmother's death in Tokyo Story.
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
working my way through the last half of Vol. II individual issues, and man there is some great stuff in there. I also never had #5 so I missed the Penny/H.R. origin story, which I loved.
How funny that we each started with #29 (rooster cover).
sadly I started with #15 but 15-28 were stolen from my house in late '99.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
That sucks!!
― morrisp, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
what kind of asshole steals comic books
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
the same asshole who stole my treasured complete run of Sound Choice magazine and some early Forced Exposures and probably other shit I have blocked out of my memory
― sleeve, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
Yesssssssss. Planning my new wardrobe:
https://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/collections/los-bros-hernandez-apparel.html?style=833
― Moodles, Friday, 5 May 2017 04:14 (seven years ago) link
I picked up the "Ti-Girls" hardcover in that recent sale. It's nice to have the story in the large format; I hadn't read the whole thing since it first ran. It's an interesting work by Jaime, and pretty dissimilar from most of his other stuff (I guess you could call it an "experiment," though that sounds like a slight). The narrative seems to lose focus and momentum somewhat as it goes along -- kind of gets stuck in the weeds a bit -- but maybe that's "intentional"?
The epilogue added in this volume contributes a good deal of clarity, in terms of how the story fits in with the "regular world" of Locas, and ends things on a nicely poignant note.
― face it, tiger... you just hit middle age (morrisp), Saturday, 3 June 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
I kinda wish Los Bros didn't engage in Lucas-esque rejiggering their stuff so often. I mean, I do eventually get around to buying the collected editions of Hernandez material I'd already bought as it was being released, but I don't like feeling that I'm missing out on something if I don't.
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Saturday, 3 June 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Like, Ti-Girls wasn't top of my list since I already have the annuals, but now I'm curious. Come on, though, guys, seriously.
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Saturday, 3 June 2017 18:15 (seven years ago) link
yeah that's annoying
― sleeve, Saturday, 3 June 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'm not sure what i'll do if i ever get to that point in L&R. still about 10 years behind
― Nhex, Saturday, 3 June 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
i've pretty much given up, I still get the occasional new release or book but can't even keep track of it. I figure when I retire I'll go back and by whatever the most definitive books are and try again.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 3 June 2017 22:33 (seven years ago) link
anyone know if the "New Tales Of Old Palomar" material is from earlier volumes?
I got the rest of the individual Volume II issues and am now working my way through New Stories
― sleeve, Saturday, 3 June 2017 22:47 (seven years ago) link
Nope, that stuff was unique to the New Tales books.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 4 June 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
thanks!
― sleeve, Sunday, 4 June 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, those three issues are, afaik, the only "in-continuity" material to appear outside of L+R proper in the past 15+ years.
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Sunday, 4 June 2017 04:02 (seven years ago) link
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/best-of-fantagraphics-comics
wait, what the heck is Vol. 4
― Nhex, Thursday, 3 August 2017 01:15 (seven years ago) link
also i'll personally vouch for Hip Hop Family Tree and Werewolves of Montepelier in tha tbundle
I guess vol. 4 is the current series? If the annuals were vol. 3?
― I'm Calling My Loyer! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 3 August 2017 01:24 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's the current run. "New Stories" was Vol. 3.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Thursday, 3 August 2017 02:22 (seven years ago) link
that's a good bundle and I will seriously ride or die for Dungeon Quest, which is THE BEST (though there is some deeply odd male body stuff that Daly is working out on the page)i don't like reading comix in pdf format tho... any easy way to transfer those to cbr?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/48zl0x/convert_pdf_to_cbz_or_cbr/
― I can see by the look on your face, you've got ring worm. (WilliamC), Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
makes sense, gracias!
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
thx for bump, picked up the Volume IV issues
― sleeve, Thursday, 3 August 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link
It's kind of a skimpy offering, given that they're only 3 or 4 issues into the run.
For you big spenders, I just read about this $150 monster the other day (solicited for later this year):
Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime HernandezInternationally acclaimed cartoonist Jaime Hernandez is one of the forefathers of the 1980s–’90s alternative comics and graphic novel movement; his DIY, punk attitude toward the medium has filtered down to the 21st century’s Tumblr comics generation. In this millennium, every page Hernandez draws is die-cut flawless and ready for reproduction; but it wasn’t always that way. Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez collects almost 200 pages of the raw, unretouched original art, via select stories — masterpieces, all— from the first fifty issues of the Love and Rockets comic book. These include such classic and beloved stories such as “The Death of Speedy,” “Chester Square,” and “Wigwam Bam.” This book traces the evolution of one of the form’s greatest long-form storytellers from his punk-poster beginnings to the synthesizing of his influences — such as Jack Kirby (Avengers), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man), and Owen Fitzgerald (Dennis the Menace) — to his current, every-line-isorganic- and-essential style; it will be indispensable for collectors, fans, and cartooning students. Like Charles Schulz, another influence, Hernandez’s work looks deceptively effortless; like The Art of Peanuts, this book will illuminate his genius.
Internationally acclaimed cartoonist Jaime Hernandez is one of the forefathers of the 1980s–’90s alternative comics and graphic novel movement; his DIY, punk attitude toward the medium has filtered down to the 21st century’s Tumblr comics generation. In this millennium, every page Hernandez draws is die-cut flawless and ready for reproduction; but it wasn’t always that way. Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Jaime Hernandez collects almost 200 pages of the raw, unretouched original art, via select stories — masterpieces, all— from the first fifty issues of the Love and Rockets comic book. These include such classic and beloved stories such as “The Death of Speedy,” “Chester Square,” and “Wigwam Bam.” This book traces the evolution of one of the form’s greatest long-form storytellers from his punk-poster beginnings to the synthesizing of his influences — such as Jack Kirby (Avengers), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man), and Owen Fitzgerald (Dennis the Menace) — to his current, every-line-isorganic- and-essential style; it will be indispensable for collectors, fans, and cartooning students. Like Charles Schulz, another influence, Hernandez’s work looks deceptively effortless; like The Art of Peanuts, this book will illuminate his genius.
― I'm Calling My Loyer! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 3 August 2017 16:12 (seven years ago) link