Jaime Hernandez - Critical Reaction

Critical Reaction

Jaime's Love and Rockets stories have been widely praised by both comic and literary critics, and many comics creators have cited him as one of the greats. As Alan Moore has put it,

“ Jaime's art balances big white and black spaces to create a world of nuance in between, just as his writing balances our big human feelings and our small human trivias to generate its incredible emotional power. Quite simply, this is one of the twentieth century's most significant comic creators at the peak of his form, with every line a wedding of classicism and cool. ”

An early-80s review in Publishers Weekly stated:

“ stories never fail to entertain, but their claim on literature is due to Hernandez's bracing realism. His virtuoso drawings present characters of intelligence, wit, and human frailty who confront each other – and the reader – with such honesty and genuine tenderness that one may find it hard to believe she/he is reading a comic book. ”

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