Synopses & Reviews
That's how motivational speaker Mark Herrera sums up Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, bombshell, former punkette, former psychiatrist, "Z" movie star -- in this supremely sexy, constantly surprising graphic novel. And Herrera should know, being only one of many to fall under Fritz's "lithping" spell--others including slobbish rocker Scott "The Hog" and high school nerd turned obsessive bodybuilder Enrique Escobar (and that's just her husbands). Hernandez has taken this suite of stories (including the 48-page graphic novelette "High Soft Lisp"), originally serialized in the second volume of , and fleshed them out with a dozen brand new pages, creating an original and inventive (and very steamy) volume that, through its connections to his main character Luba (Fritz is Luba's half sister, and characters from the Luba stories pop up here), works both as a standalone graphic novel and a further exploration of Hernandez's rich world.
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"This book is incredible... The world in this book is one I wouldn't want to live in but I can't stop thinking about the story of Fritz." Nick Gazin
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" has its share of tender moments and tragic ones, although it's relatively buoyant with humor throughout. ... This is the stuff of soap operas, minus the melodrama. comes loaded with palpable emotions and heaps of honesty, even amid a cartoony backdrop." Entertainment Weekly
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"Without a trace of sentimentality, Tardi's richly detailed and grimly rendered vignettes depict the horror, illness, cruel manipulations, and stupidity of this giant black spot in human history." Rod Lott Bookgasm
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" is brief, razor-sharp and ferocious, a black-hole-black Almodovaresque comedy about a self-destructive, sexually obsessive actress/psychiatrist and her ex-husband, an over-the-hill motivational speaker." Mark London Williams The SF Site: Nexus Graphica
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"The most riveting, chilling graphic novel I've read so far this year... a great, shockingly dark piece of work." Douglas Wolk TIME/Techland
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"The quality of Hernandez's cartooning is unassailable. ... It's not for nothing that Gilbert Hernandez is considered one of the greatest cartoonists alive." Douglas Wolk Comics Alliance
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"The... leaps in chronology and POV can be jarring for those not familiar with Hernandez's episodic style..., but the story's offbeat humor and manic sexual energy make the adjustment more than worthwhile.... a charmingly incongruous, occasionally titillating collision of poignancy and pulp." Jason Michelitch Comics Alliance
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"Hernandez treads familiar turf to produce work of undeniable power." Vice
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"Ultimately, ...despite the refreshing sexual frankness that Hernandez proceeds with, there is much sadness and heartbreak throughout. ...[O]ne wonders if the lingering bittersweetness at the end makes more sense in middle age, than it would in youth... Good stuff, of course." Rod Lott Bookgasm
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From the pages of , the life of one of comics' most seductive heroine.
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Five six. Hundred twenty-eight pounds. Forty-three twenty-two thirty-six. High soft lisp. Genius level I.Q. That s how motivational speaker Mark Herrera sums up Rosalba Fritz Martinez, bombshell, former punkette, former psychiatrist, Z movie star in this supremely sexy, constantly surprising graphic novel. And Herrera should know, being only one of many to fall under Fritz s lithping spell others including slobbish rocker Scott The Hog and high school nerd turned obsessive bodybuilder Enrique Escobar (and that s just her husbands) Hernandez has taken this suite of stories (including the 48-page graphic novelette High Soft Lisp ), originally serialized in the second volume ofLove and Rockets, and fleshed them out with a dozen brand new pages, creating an original and inventive (and very steamy) volume that, through its connections to his main character Luba (Fritz is Luba s half sister, and characters from the Luba stories pop up here), works both as a standalone graphic novel and a further exploration of Hernandez s rich world. "
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From the pages of Love and Rockets, the life of one of comics" most seductive heroine.
About the Author
Gilbert Hernandez lives in Las Vegas, NV, with his wife and daughter. He is co-creator of the long-running, award-winning, and critically acclaimed series Love and Rockets. His books include Chance in Hell, The Troublemakers, Luba, Palomar, Speak of the Devil, Sloth, The High Soft Lisp, Love from the Shadows, Girl Crazy, Yeah!, and many books in the Love and Rockets series.