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Jaime Hernandez is one of the most humane, graceful, and imaginatively inexhaustible artists in American popular culture. Locas
tells the story of Maggie Chascarrillo, a bisexual, Mexican-American woman attempting to define herself in a community rife with
class, race, and gender issues.
Maggie’s story begins in the early-1980s Southern California
rock scene, when it was shifting from the excesses of the 1970s to
the gritty basics of punk and new wave. Hardcore punk rock came
to the fore, and the teenage Maggie finds herself drawn to the
anarchy, energy, and diversity of the scene, which in Jaime’s hands
becomes a very real, habitable place populated with authentic
human beings rather than stereotypes. She quickly befriends
Hopey Glass, a feisty anti-authoritarian punkette who quickly becomes
Maggie’s on-again, off-again lover and a constant presence in her life
as they navigate a devastatingly naturalistic world.
Created over 15 years from 1981–96 in the pages of the legendary comic book series Love and Rockets Vol. I #1–50, this new deluxe
hardcover edition includes three stories that were not included in the
previous edition.