
Penny Century
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1606993429 ISBN13: 9781606993422 Release Date: April 2010 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books Length: 256 Pages Weight: 1.25 lbs. Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 9.3" Age Range: 16 years and up Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher The eighth volume of The Complete Love and Rockets Library is the fourth omnibus edition of writer-artist Jaime Hernandez's Locas storyline. It starts off with a blast with "Whoa, Nellie!," a graphic novelette in which Maggie, who has settled in with her pro-wrestler aunt for a while, experiences that wild and wooly world first-hand. Then it's back to chills and spills with the old cast of Hopey, Ray Dominguez, and Izzy Ortiz -- including Maggie's romantic dream fantasia "The Race" and the definitive Ray story, "Everybody Loves Me, Baby." Penny Century also features two major "flashback" stories: "Bay of Threes" finally reveals the full back story behind Beatriz "Penny Century" Garcia, Maggie's long-time, b