The Hernandez Brothers love, rockets, and alternative comics /

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"This study offers a critical examination of the work of Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Mexican-American brothers whose graphic novels are highly influential. The Hernandez brothers started in the alt-comics scene, where their 'Love and Rockets' series quickly gained prominence. They ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: García, Enrique, 1975- (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hernandez, Mario, > 1953- > Criticism and interpretation.
Hernandez, Jaime > Criticism and interpretation.
Hernandez, Gilbert > Criticism and interpretation.
Hernandez, Mario, > 1953-
Hernandez, Gilbert.
Hernandez, Jaime.
Bros Hernandez > Criticism and interpretation.
Graphic novels > Authorship.
Comic books, strips, etc. > Authorship.
American literature > Mexican American authors > History and criticism.
Graphic novels > United States > History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc. > United States > History and criticism.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine mexicaine > Histoire et critique.
Romans graphiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic American.
ART / Techniques / Drawing
American literature > Mexican American authors.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface. My Poison River Fiasco; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Spotlight 1. Marble Season: Growing Up with Comics; Chapter One. Subverting the Intertextual Comic Book Corporate Structure; Spotlight 2. Robots in Jaime's "Rocky" Stories and Gilbert's Citizen Rex; Chapter Two. The Revision of Latino Experience through Comic Book Genres and Soap Opera Devices in Gilbert's Palomar and Jaime's Locas Sagas; Spotlight 3. "Chiro the Indian" (from Love and Rockets: New Stories #1, vol. 1); Chapter Three. Interview with Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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