For those who grew up reading “Love and Rockets”, many grew up reading stories featuring character Maggie Luisa Chascarillo and Hopey Glass, two friends From Huerta (a.k.a. “Hoppers”), California known as “LOCAS” by a mechanic.
While many grew up reading about the punky or crazy adventures featuring Maggie and Hopey, with each decade that has passed since the ’80s to now, we have seen these characters evolve from young teens to adults in their ’40s.
And because many have grew up reading “Love and Rockets” since its inception in the early ’80s, many can sympathize or feel the emotional challenge that Maggie goes through as an adult, but also knowing how her past has affected her future.
With the release of “Is This How You See Me?”, the stories featured were featured in the “Love and Rockets IV” issues 1-5 (which were released from 2016-2018). Before I get into my review, I do recommend people reading “Love and Rockets” and while it may be too costly to collecte everything, I do recommend reading these books to save a lot of money:
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Maggie the Mechanic: The Love & Rockets Library – Locas Book 1
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The Girl From H.O.P.P.E.R.S.: The Love & Rockets Library – Locas Book 2
For those who have read the “LOCAS” storylines and have seen Maggie overcome relationship problems, the death of a friend and the guilt that she has kept inside her. We have seen her depressed and emotional, we get to know much more about Maggie’s life and we start to realize how many skeletons are in her closet, how much guilt she has kept inside her and what has made her, to where she is today in her ’40s or possibly ’50s now..
For those who grew up reading the “LOCAS” stories, it has always been about Maggie and Hopey. From when they were free-spirited and in love, to when they grew up, experienced different things in life. Maggie is married to a man, but is it for love? Or for the fact that her brother beat him nearly to death that she feels guilt and stays with him? As for Hopey, she has met someone and has a child.
But as the reunion among the Maggie, Hopey and friends (these reunions happen periodically) happen once again, Maggie and Hopey are together once again and you can tell, Maggie wants to rekindle something from the past for the present but so much time has passed. They have gotten older and if anything, we get to see the adventures of Maggie and Hopey once more.
It was no doubt an entertaining storyline arc featuring the two but for longtime readers, the story hits home because of the way Jaime Hernandez has written these stories, it almost feel real and that we genuinely grew up with Maggie and Hopey.
Overall, I do recommend this book, but please make sure you read the other “LOCAS” stories first!
