Loverboys
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
An all-new graphic novel from Pen Center USA Award winner, Gilbert Hernandez!
Welcome to Lagrimas, a small south-of-the-border town where young men who consider themselves "loverboys" constantly hit on the ladies, but get shot down most of the time--until one begins an affair with the woman who used to be his seventh grade teacher! As their torrid romance unfolds, three young girls plot to poison the town's populace, just so they won't have to listen to their parents or teachers anymore. It's a passionate--and sometimes comical--tale, as only the celebrated cocreator of Love and Rockets can deliver!
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This is sort of "Gilbert Hernandez for Beginners" a standalone graphic novel set in a small South American town where various familiar themes from his long-running Palomar stories play out in a more compact arena. In the town of L grimas ("tears"), varying degrees of love both too much and not enough drive the inhabitants bonkers. Charlie used to be in Mrs. Paz's class grade school class but now he's in her bedroom, while still carrying on a separate affair with his boss. Mrs. Paz, aging but still one of the prime beauties of this small town, is the center of much jealousy and intrigue, especially from Charlie's sister, Daniella, who has a grudge against Mrs. Paz for reasons Hernandez slowly reveals as the story goes along. The story includes all kinds of colorful supporting characters, including Seymour, a pretty boy in an ascot who thinks he's the greatest thing to happen to women; bizarrely small-eyed snooping male twins; and disconsolate loser Elmo, all of whom have some relationship to Mrs. Paz and complicate the brew. Some abrupt transitions make this a minor work from Hernandez, but the compact story is a pleasing diversion.
