High Soft LISP
Gilbert Hernandez
(Author)
Description
"Five six. Hundred twenty-eight pounds. Forty-three twenty-two thirty-six. High soft lisp. Genius level I.Q." That's how motivational speaker Mark Herrera sums up Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, bombshell, former punkette, former psychiatrist, "Z" movie star -- in this supremely sexy, constantly surprising graphic novel.And Herrera should know, being only one of many to fall under Fritz's "lithping" spell--others including slobbish rocker Scott "The Hog" and high school nerd turned obsessive bodybuilder Enrique Escobar (and that's just her husbands).
Hernandez has taken this suite of stories (including the 48-page graphic novelette "High Soft Lisp"), originally serialized in the second volume of Love and Rockets, and fleshed them out with a dozen brand new pages, creating an original and inventive (and very steamy) volume that, through its connections to his main character Luba (Fritz is Luba's half sister, and characters from the Luba stories pop up here), works both as a standalone graphic novel and a further exploration of Hernandez's rich world.
Product Details
Price
$16.99
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Publish Date
April 06, 2010
Pages
136
Dimensions
6.54 X 0.5 X 9.74 inches | 0.88 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781606993187
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About the Author
Gilbert Hernandez is considered one of our greatest living cartoonists. He co-created the iconic series Love and Rockets, which has been ongoing since 1982, and authored numerous other comics and graphic novels, one of the greatest bodies of work the medium has ever seen. Raised in Oxnard, CA, Hernandez lives with his family in Las Vegas, NV.
Reviews
Hernandez treads familiar turf to produce work of undeniable power.
Ultimately, ...despite the refreshing sexual frankness that Hernandez proceeds with, there is much sadness and heartbreak throughout. ...[O]ne wonders if the lingering bittersweetness at the end makes more sense in middle age, than it would in youth... Good stuff, of course.--Mark London Williams
This book is incredible... The world in this book is one I wouldn't want to live in but I can't stop thinking about the story of Fritz.--Nick Gazin
High Soft Lisp has its share of tender moments and tragic ones, although it's relatively buoyant with humor throughout. ... This is the stuff of soap operas, minus the melodrama. Lisp comes loaded with palpable emotions and heaps of honesty, even amid a cartoony backdrop.--Rod Lott
High Soft Lisp is brief, razor-sharp and ferocious, a black-hole-black Almodovaresque comedy about a self-destructive, sexually obsessive actress/psychiatrist and her ex-husband, an over-the-hill motivational speaker.--Douglas Wolk
Ultimately, ...despite the refreshing sexual frankness that Hernandez proceeds with, there is much sadness and heartbreak throughout. ...[O]ne wonders if the lingering bittersweetness at the end makes more sense in middle age, than it would in youth... Good stuff, of course.--Mark London Williams
This book is incredible... The world in this book is one I wouldn't want to live in but I can't stop thinking about the story of Fritz.--Nick Gazin
High Soft Lisp has its share of tender moments and tragic ones, although it's relatively buoyant with humor throughout. ... This is the stuff of soap operas, minus the melodrama. Lisp comes loaded with palpable emotions and heaps of honesty, even amid a cartoony backdrop.--Rod Lott
High Soft Lisp is brief, razor-sharp and ferocious, a black-hole-black Almodovaresque comedy about a self-destructive, sexually obsessive actress/psychiatrist and her ex-husband, an over-the-hill motivational speaker.--Douglas Wolk
