LOCAS THE MAGGIE AND HOPEY STORIES HC (MR)

Jaime Hernandez's Locas returns with a deluxe hardcover that collects Maggie Chascarrillo and her life with Hopey Glass, a bisexual Mexican-American woman navigating class, race, and gender in the early 1980s Southern California punk scene. Through Maggie and Hopey's intimate friendship and romance, Hernandez builds a vivid, humane world where authenticity trumps stereotype. Spanning the long arc of Love and Rockets' original run from 1981 to 1996, the stories blend raw, punk energy with tender, character-driven storytelling and sharp social insight. This edition adds three previously unavailable tales, expanding the relationship-driven core of Locas and offering both longtime fans and newcomers a definitive, immersive entry point into the Maggie and Hopey saga. Jaime Hernandez's drawing brings everyday truth to dialogue, fashion, and mood, inviting readers to look closely at identity, desire, and community.

Who might be interested in reading?

• Someone who loves deep character studies and complex relationships.
• A reader who values diverse representation and queer storytelling.
• An enthusiast of subcultures (punk) and the 1980s Los Angeles scene.
• A reader who enjoys long, interconnected graphic novel sagas and coming-of-age themes.