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?
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fantagraphics
ISBN-13
9781560978831
eBay Product ID (ePID)
232473503
Product Key Features
Book Title
Perla La Loca
Author
Jaime Hernandez
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Comics
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
191mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jaime Hernandez
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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