Bibliograph

Perla la loca, a Love and rockets book, Jaime Hernandez

Type

Label

Perla la loca, a Love and rockets book, Jaime Hernandez

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Perla la loca

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jaime Hernandez

Series statement

The Love and rockets library, vol. 5

Sub title

a Love and rockets book

Summary

Perla begins with the "Wigwam Bam" story, arguably Jaime Hernandez's definitive statement on the post-punk culture. As Maggie, Hopey, and the rest of the Locas prowl Los Angeles, the East Coast, and parts in between trying to recapture the carefree spirit of those early days. "Wigwam Bam" brings us up to date on all the members of Jaime's extensive cast of characters and then drops a narrative bomb on Hopey (and us) in the very last pages. Split up from Hopey yet again, Maggie bounces back and forth between a one-laundromat town in Texas (the "Chester Square" that serves as the title of two of the strongest stories in the book), where she has to contend with both her own inner demons and a murderous hooker, and Camp Vicki, where she has to fend off her aunt Vicki's attempts to make her a professional wrestler and the unwanted advances of the amorous wrestling champ-to-be, Gina. As usual, Jaime spotlights a wide range of headstrong female characters. And what's this about Maggie getting married?

Target audience

adult

Contributor