Love And Rockets: New Stories No. 6 (LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP)

This doesn't live up to the Love and Rockets of old. The fact that all of Luba's relatives look the same I find disconcerting. The stories lack the emotional depth and development they had formerly. Now, I haven't read any of the new Love and Rockets books besides this one, so maybe I've missed too much of the plotline to make sense of story. But still, I'm disappointed.

What more can I say than this is another excellent edition of L&R and I think everyone ought to buy it? The Hernandez Bros. are great artists and great storytellers who consistently put out top-notch work. In my opinion, you can't go wrong buying anything I have seen they have done. Highly recommended!!

The latest installment takes us back to Palomar as Killer discovers more about the history and ghost stories associated with the little town. Highly recommended. The further adventures of Tonta and Viv the Frog Mouth take a nasty turn.

It's hard to believe that after all these years Los Bros Hernandez just keep getting better and better. Strongly recomend this.

There is some nice pages in here but overall I found it confusing and a lot of throwaway scenes that did not amount to much- In the least an intro page showing the characters and inter-relationships would help . I am not new to the series- have most of the first 15 or 20 years but had not read anything I think from the new stories when I picked up a used copy of this book. I am debating if I should track down the first 5 volumes or just skip it and be satisfied with what I already have and enjoy. Review 885

This is the conclusion of Jaime's two-part ’Tonta‘ story. There are a lot of elements being juggled—characters, subplots, threads—and it all works brilliantly. I'm more of a Gilbert fan, but this story was a pleasure with a lot to admire. Tonta's a new character, which makes things easier for new readers like me to get on board. The story is split equally between her day-to-day life as a teenager—her developing friendship with a girl nicknamed ‘The Gorgon’, her crush on wanna-be punker Eric Lopez and on-off fling with his brother Frank, and her involvement with the high school swim team now lead by coach Angel—and a crime drama that involves members of her family, including longstanding character Vivian.So many scenes crackle with their own energy, whether it leads anywhere in the main plot or not. I love the scene where Tonta meets her new coach Angel for the first time. Walking through an unfamiliar neighborhood in a posh part of town, Tonta randomly encounters a group of girls gathered in the driveway of the school's star athlete, where the new coach is introducing herself and inquiring as to what sports the girls might be interested in. Angel knows Tonta somehow and reaches out to her in a way that's distinctly warm and appealing, even as Tonta seems confused by it. (Later, we get a glimpse into Angel's life as an amateur wrestler.)It's best to read this after New Stories 5. In fact, all of Jaime's efforts in New Stories split across two volumes, making them natural pairs: 1-2 (Ti-Girls), 3-4 (Love Bunglers), 5-6 (Tonta), 7-8 (Maggie + Hopey reunion). The only one I couldn't get interested in was Ti-Girls.A centerpiece of the issue for Gilbert is the wonderfully nutty and foul-mouthed ‘Untitled’, a fairytale/sci-fi/horror mash-up where all the characters swear unnecessarily and endure gross body-morphic transformations, fighting over a pair of magic boots. It's kind of a prelude to his Blubber comic series, still a few years away. The rest of his entries follow Killer as she decides to ‘retire’ from acting, bouncing inexplicably between Palomar and home. One day, she and brother Jimmy receive a DVD from Tia Fritz featuring the only extant movie clip of their great grandmother Maria. This is followed by flashbacks from Maria's life, which parallel aspects of Killer's current situation, and a sort of ‘bond across generations’ is forged. In some respects, not much happens, and the time cuts and movie excerpts can be a challenge to keep straight. I'm missing too much of Killer's plotline and have yet to figure out what her character is about. (And why is Pipo in Palomar now, and Fritz always in absentia, as a voice on the phone? I'm not sure anyone knows; it's just how New Stories has been presenting this chapter of their relationship.) Nevertheless, Gilbert's cover to the issue, with Killer holding a hammer, à la Luba, made me smile.The Hernandez Brothers took home two Eisner awards for this issue! So you know it ain't bad.

In the last issue, there was a somewhat failed story with an assassination that relied on a gun that deliberately only had one bullet in it, the whole story from Jaime was kind of sub par. This story however is more like the Locas stories that made this series such a classic.There were even girls wrestling in it.It wasn't as good as Whoa Nelli, or The Education of Hopey Glass, but in terms of quality it was more in line with what I've come to expect. I haven't been that happy with the last several issues, but this one was acceptable.

some of these latter love and rockets books are quite brilliant and moving. but not this one. Its confused and unengaging.I think the bros are trying to come up with characters who aren't as perky and idealized as maggie and hopey. a great project, but they haven't found any characters who are interesting enough to replace them yet.And guys please ... no more Fritz or Luba grand-daughter stories for a while! I love ya Hernandezes but they are getting tiresome.

More confusing bollocks, but this time from both writers, not just Beto.Gilberto is writing about Killer Rivera, who is Luba's granddaughter, but I'm sorry, she's not as engaging as Luba was years ago, and neither is her family. And all this stuff about Maria and the feature films is just tiresome, and the flashbacks are confusing. Only now do we discover that it was cancer that killed Doralis. Why didn't Gilberto tell us this before? Why is he incapable of writing a straight, linear narrative?Nowadays, Jaime is writing about a character named Tonta and her family. We discover that she is related to Vivian the Frogmouth, who got Maggie into trouble in an earlier volume of L&R. And guess what? It's just not interesting. There are too many characters and I feel like I've been dropped into the story at the the halfway point. It is a pain in the neck. I can not engage with any of these people.And what the heck is this rubbish about a furry alien and magic boots? And why should I give a tuppenny toss?I have to wonder if I ought to just give up on L&R altogether. It's such a shame, as the classic stories were great, and shouldn't Los Bros be at the top of their game by now? But the current stories are lifeless.Save your money.