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chelseamartinez's review against another edition
3.0
I've mentioned before that I'm reading these out of order, which makes my head spin whenever I read about Palomar and remaking movies about the moviemaking career of Killer's ancestors. I'm fascinated by the dance teacher and the sheriff in that storyline though. There seem to be an increasing number of story chunks in these volumes (8 this time, 25 in the next!) which maybe makes it more like a compendium of the older comic-length books.
**Somewhere outside the US border
**Proof that the Devil Loves You
**And Back Again
Special note: I love that Tonta can wear Vivi's lingerie and it fits.
**Somewhere outside the US border
**Proof that the Devil Loves You
**And Back Again
Special note: I love that Tonta can wear Vivi's lingerie and it fits.
ponycanyon's review against another edition
2.0
Man, I hope that Ti-Girls is done after this. Jaime continues on with even more of that nonsense; it makes up over half of this issue. It's not funny, it's not interesting, and I frankly fail to understand why more people don't have this reaction to the material. Ti-Girls is a major step backwards from Jaime's work over the past decade - if it's a pastiche of traditional superhero books, it doesn't work, and if it's meant to be a throwback to L&R's sci-fi roots, it completely fails to capture that vibe. Unlike many Maggie and Hopey shippers, I actually really love the early "Maggie the Mechanic" stories, but this just isn't that...at all. Instead, it's a bizarrely complicated side story about Angel and Alarma as superheroes that's overlong (100 pages counting L&R NS #1) and overcomplicated for how completely unrewarding and uninteresting it is.
Gilbert's "Sad Girl" is the best thing here, but then "Hynotwist" is a bit of a mess. I'm never a big fan of Gilbert's psychedelic freakouts - let Mario make an ass of himself if an issue requires some of that (does it ever, really?) - and this one's pretty par for the course.
Too bad it's another year until #3, and a chance to get things back on track.
Gilbert's "Sad Girl" is the best thing here, but then "Hynotwist" is a bit of a mess. I'm never a big fan of Gilbert's psychedelic freakouts - let Mario make an ass of himself if an issue requires some of that (does it ever, really?) - and this one's pretty par for the course.
Too bad it's another year until #3, and a chance to get things back on track.
wordnerdy's review against another edition
4.0
I pretty much always love everything Jaime Hernandez does, and this was no exception. I'm really enjoying this expansion of his universe--Tonta and her family are fascinating, and it's interesting to see their ties to other Locas characters (Angel is back, yay!). On the other hand, I'm still entirely uninterested in what Beto's doing--please stop with the B-movies and the gross cat people stories--though it is nice to see more of the Palomar denizens/new material with Maria.
wordnerdy's review against another edition
4.0
Some good, some less good in this one. I actually am really interestedin Killer exploring her family history and finding out more about Maria and Fritz, though as usual am not into Beto's b-movie stuff. Obviously I am super into Maggie and Hopey road-tripping, but surprisingly, actually liked the stuff with Tonta more. I really want to see more about her and Viv's family!
wordnerdy's review
4.0
As always, I am HERE for Jaime Hernandez--he continues the stories of both Tonta and Maggie here, but also introduces a new sci-fi thing that looks like it's gonna be pretty cool. Beto is still exploring the world of B-movies/porn movies and Fritz impersonators, and I am less into that. I like Guadalupe and her kids talking about their effed-up family, though!
jayshay's review against another edition
3.0
An okay installment overall. Jaime is solid as usual, I love how trouble-some of a character Frogmouth is. Gilbert is usually my prefered Hernandez brother, love his cartoon grotesques , but felt (at least on my first reading) that this Palomar installment just meandered rather than having much to say.
jayshay's review against another edition
4.0
All the best of the Hernandez brothers. I really enjoyed Jamie's Tonta and company, as well as Gilbert's 'fair furry' - the fourth page of that story, the middle panel - that just sums up why I love Gilbert's stuff. THAT was a french kiss!
lep42's review against another edition
4.0
Stylistically Gilbert Hernandez's stuff is harder for me to get into than Jamie Hernandez's stuff, but I'm starting to dig it. This was also the first Love and Rockets I read where Maggie wasn't a main character, but Vivian "Frogmouth" Solis and her half sister are intriguing as well. A solid 3.5 stars.