Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez have been drawing and writing their comic book series Love and Rockets since 1982. Fans say what they love most about the comic are the honest portrayals of Latinx and queer characters dealing with love, loss, death and aging.
cover of the 1996 third edition of Fantagraphics collected trade paperback #2, Chelo's Burden Left-to-Right: Pipo, Heraclio, Luba, Manuel, Chelo.Over the years, they focused on their women characters' interpersonal dramas, their love lives and their neighborhoods.
"It might have been that we were raised by our mom and her grandmother, and our mom had a bunch of sisters," says Gilbert."We saw the world through women's eyes."characters matured into middle age '"cause it just seemed weird for them to be the same age all the time.", fans testified about what they say are honest portrayals of Latinx and queer characters dealing with love, loss, death and aging.
"They start having a conversation about menopause, who's getting their periods, who isn't getting their periods," says L.A. Times journalist Carolina Miranda."It feels so real because what kinds of conversations are women this age having? They're talking about their bodies. This is a surprising thing to see in a comic, especially one written by men. Menopause is not something that's talked about very much.
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