Hopey

Don't know what the hold is that this comic book has over me. The story lines are rambling & random - actually a little like everyday life...

When I was a teenager I used to wish that my life was Love & Rockets. I went from being in love with the character Hopey (who's still totally cool) to identifying more with the more sober & sensible Maggie.

One day I had the majestic revelation that actually my life WAS pretty much Love & Rockets, with a few minor exceptions. I knew cool people too & hung out in cool places & played in bands. If you're going to live a comic book life, I could think of worse.

The latest Jaime Hernandez comic, The Education of Hopey Glass, Maggie & Hopey are hitting their forties & are pretty much just the same as they ever were...

Their lives remain as rambling and random & beautiful on the page as my own random, beautiful existence off the page.