Dicks and Deedees (Love and Rockets)

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Summary: Beginnings and Endings
Review: Dicks and Deedees continues the story of Maggie and Hopey.
There are quite a few stories in this collection but the main ones are
Election Day, Hopey is working as a clerk on Election Day. Maggie stops by, and in the story we get Hopey's account of horned billionaire H.R. Costigan's funeral, and the news that Maggie is getting divorced.

Also The Race, a surreal dream sequence where Maggie runs a race, that sheds some light on her state of mind and her thoughts about her divorce.

Everybody Loves Me, Baby, which takes place at the bar that Hopey works at. Maggie is having a divorce party. And the reader gets an account (from Hopey) of how Maggie and her husband met, which went much farther back than anyone expected.

And Bay of Threes, which is the story of how Penny Century met H. R. Costigan, and gives her final thoughts about his funeral and his death.

Overall, I thought that this was a very solid collection, definitely worth the money. Although if you're new to Love and Rockets it might better to start earlier, since a lot of the stories acquire more meaning if you know about the relationships and stories that have come before. But at the same time, since several of the stories are flashbacks to earlier times, it wouldn't be too confusing for a newcomer to the world of love and rockets.

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Summary: Maggie and Hopey Forever!
Review: More wonderful Love And Rockets comics from the master, Jaime Hernandez. Along with his brothers Gilbert and Mario, Jaime (aka Xaime) Hernandez has created some of the most compelling comics of the past few decades. He is a skilled artist and an insightful writer. Nothing is forced, yet everything seems perfect.

While Love and Rockets stories meander, Jaime always seems to come back to his darling heroines, Maggie and Hopey. In the new "Dicks and Deedees," drawn from the more recent Volume 2 Love and Rockets comic books, Jaime trains his all-seeing eye on Hopey. We see Hopey attempt to rock out with her band, find couches to crash on...and, of course, find Maggie. She's always trying to find Maggie, seems like. Meanwhile, Hopey's face has popped up on a "Have You Seen Me?" milk carton, and she's stumbled into a society of rich old women who enjoy playing Mommy to (and spanking) younger women paid to play the baby girl. Who could draw such a scenario better than Jaime?

The story is engrossing, and Jaime's art is, as always, flawless. And while it's a little shorter than the other L and R collections, it's a nice hardcover edition. Read this, then read the other Love and Rockets collections- these books are the best delivery system for these comics. If you are a fan of underground comics, you owe it to yourself to experience these.