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Jaime Hernandez takes his heroine Maggie on a journey through her past so that she can reconcile the changes that have occurred around her. The girl's old neighborhood of Hoppers is the living metaphor for how far she has come in life, and the demons she wrestles with have both a touch of the metaphorical and the literal (in the supernatural sense). Though heavy and perhaps one of Hernandez's deepest scripts since Death of Speedy, it also has the trademark Xaime fun, with Maggie sharing many a kiss with a crazy outsider whose link to the history Maggie has abandoned will only come clear with time.Naturally, the cartooning is awesome. Jaime Herandez makes it all look so effortless. His ink line is gorgeous, and he's a master of reduction. The final chapter is a wonderful interplay of past and present, with various timelines rising up from nowhere, and the artist keeps them all clear and even, leading his reader through the drawing as much as the writing.If you haven't read Love & Rockets in a while (like me), this is a good place to come back to the series.
