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badgersaurus's review
4.0
Jaime Hernandez draws comics so good it makes me wanna kill my self
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dantastic's review
5.0
Angels and Magpies collects the Locas stories from The New York Times Sunday magazine, Love and Rockets Volume 2 #20, and Love and Rockets: New Stories #1-4.
This was one of my purchases during the Fantagraphics Fantabucks sale a couple months ago. It's the last of the Locas collections in this format, although the Locas stories continue.
Anyway, this one is a rollercoaster. Maggie meets up with Rena Titanon, a dark episode from Maggie's family's past comes back to haunt her and Ray, we find out what's really going on with Maggie's super heroine neighbor, and Angel goes off to college.
The stories vary in tone and subject matter, from the Silver Age super hero homage of God and Science to the dark and disturbing event in The Love Bunglers to what goes down with Ray and Maggie near the end of the book.
It's amazing how much Maggie, Hopey, and Ray have come since the first book, aging and changing like real people instead of remaining static for decades. Jaime Hernandez's art continues to get more refined. It's a shame more people don't know about him since he's never done a super hero book, although God and Science proved he definitely could.
Angels and Magpies is another great Love and Rockets collection. Five out of five stars.
This was one of my purchases during the Fantagraphics Fantabucks sale a couple months ago. It's the last of the Locas collections in this format, although the Locas stories continue.
Anyway, this one is a rollercoaster. Maggie meets up with Rena Titanon, a dark episode from Maggie's family's past comes back to haunt her and Ray, we find out what's really going on with Maggie's super heroine neighbor, and Angel goes off to college.
The stories vary in tone and subject matter, from the Silver Age super hero homage of God and Science to the dark and disturbing event in The Love Bunglers to what goes down with Ray and Maggie near the end of the book.
It's amazing how much Maggie, Hopey, and Ray have come since the first book, aging and changing like real people instead of remaining static for decades. Jaime Hernandez's art continues to get more refined. It's a shame more people don't know about him since he's never done a super hero book, although God and Science proved he definitely could.
Angels and Magpies is another great Love and Rockets collection. Five out of five stars.
radclyffe_uhaul's review
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Car accident and Alcohol
spraffy's review
3.0
The Ti Girls superhero stuff which comprised the 1st half of the book isn't really my bag although the artwork is top notch. Much prefer the character driven 'Love Bunglers' of the 2nd half. If you've read and enjoyed the earlier stuff then there's lots of poignant, emotional reveals and payoffs. 5 stars for the Love Bunglers but the Ti Girls brings it down to a 3.
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