Bibliograph

The girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S., Jaime Hernandez

Type

Label

The girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S., Jaime Hernandez

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jaime Hernandez

Series statement

A Love and rockets book

Summary

This collection features the spunky Maggie; her annoying, pixie-ish best friend and sometime lover Hopey; and their circle of friends, including their bombshell friend Penny Century, Maggie's weirdo mentor Izzy -- as well as the aging but still heroic wrestler Rena Titaon and Maggie's handsome love interest, Rand Race. After Maggie the Mechanic, the first volume in this series, Hernandez refined his approach, settling on the more naturalistic environment of the fictional Los Angeles barrio, Hoppers, and the lives of the young Mexican-Americans and punk rockers who live there. A central story and one of Jaime's absolute peaks is "The Death of Speedy." Such is Jaime's mastery that even though the end of the story is telegraphed from the very title, the downhill spiral of Speedy, the local heartthrob, is utterly compelling and ultimately quite surprising

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Girl from Hoppers

Contributor