Love and Rockets- Los Bros Hernandez

Talk about a cool style! I've always been attracted to skillful use of black and white, so of course Love and Rockets would be an exciting read for me. There was plenty of framing nearly silhouetted vr extremely simplified characters with background. I particularly liked the use of black clothing on our cigarette loving friend, not sure what his name was. The implied mouth was always interesting, with a blank spot between the face and cigarette. Also, the different between light and day was incredibly obvious, and done only with how the characters were lit. Shadows rarely hit their faces, and their environments, though simple, were important in setting the scene.

Even more interesting was the striking resemblance to Archie! Certainly not in writing...the copious amounts of swearing and references to "wanting"each other. And certainly not in the absent color. But some faces, and expressions looked lie they came tumbling out of an Archie book I'd pick up at the grocery store. It thought that was really interesting, since, well, it's not something I expected. But it's also really appealing, to me. It's sort of nostalgic, but in a fresh way, with the balanced black and white.

The writing itself was sufficient to keep me entertained. There was nothing glaringly wrong with it, and the two boys and their various friends had a realistic feeling. They felt alive. Overall an entertaining piece of work.