Bad girl, lesbian (or is that bisexual?), graffiti girl who helps at Voting booths, punk-band rebel, and loong-term love of Maggie, the other main character of Love and Rockets, is becoming a teacher. Real life. Growing up, late in life.
As always, if you haven't read any others, you'll get less from this than you might. This is good Love and Rockets stuff, but it lacks the punch of some volumes, in drama, or character change, or sophistication of creation. Too many panels with text slabs above them, as if Hernandez would rather write prose, not comics, makes this as less engaging, and less clever, and less emotional, than say Ghost Of Hoppers. More soft porn than hardcore.
However, there are some clever moments, mostly early on, that are true to life, well-observed about relationships, that still puts this volume head and shoulders above even the top level graphic novel collections you get out there. The art is as always gritty and beautiful simultaneously. Making us fear age, love the lovely people with hard hearts, and keep coming back to see the slight changes over the years.
We love Maggie, we quite fancy Hopey. The tension remains and builds between the two. The course of true love never did run smooth, certainly not in Love and Rockets.