Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Drawings by Jaime Hernandez 1980-2020

Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Drawings by Jaime Hernandez 1980-2020

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  • Create Date:2021-08-30 07:51:38
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Jaime Hernández
  • ISBN:1683964454
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Summary

As Hernandez puts it, “It’s my Love and Rockets world that’s not my Love and Rockets world。” This best-of book spotlights the women who are often ignored in pro wrestling in 125 full color illustrations: pin-ups, action shots, fake wrestling magazine covers, all presented in a large paperback format that echoes the lucha libre magazines of the 1960s。 Hernandez also discusses the work in an interview with fellow cartoonist Katie Skelly。

Despite having created one of the most expansive and remarkable casts of characters of any cartoonist who ever lived (under the umbrella of the ongoing comic book series), acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez — Will Eisner Hall of Famer; Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz, and PEN Award winner; L。A。 Times Book Prize winner; and on a very short list of contenders for the title of America’s Greatest Living Cartoonist — has been privately amassing a body of work that no one else has ever seen for over 40 years。 Until now。

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Reviews

Dan Schwent

Queen of the Ring is a collection of Jaime Hernandez's wrestling drawings。I'm a relatively recent convert to Love & Rockets and women's wrestling has been a part of Jaime Hernandez' tales from the beginning so I pre-ordered this as soon as I became aware of it。Like the title indicates, this is a collection of Jaime Hernandez's women's wrestling drawings from the past forty years with some background comments from him。 Make no mistake, these aren't today's fitness model wrestlers。 These ladies co Queen of the Ring is a collection of Jaime Hernandez's wrestling drawings。I'm a relatively recent convert to Love & Rockets and women's wrestling has been a part of Jaime Hernandez' tales from the beginning so I pre-ordered this as soon as I became aware of it。Like the title indicates, this is a collection of Jaime Hernandez's women's wrestling drawings from the past forty years with some background comments from him。 Make no mistake, these aren't today's fitness model wrestlers。 These ladies could stomp the shit out of you。Some of the wrestlers will look familiar to Love and Rockets fans, although I didn't notice Rena Titanon in the collection。 Jaime depicts them in a variety of poses, many times with 1970s wrestling magazine trade dress or captions。 It was like looking at my dad's 1970s wrestling magazines through a Love & Rockets lens。One thing that I really like about this is that the reproduction is so good that you can see the individual marks from the colored pencil and magic marker on some drawings。 Yeah, I'm a geek。If you like Jaime Hernandez's wrestling oriented stuff in Love & Rockets, Queen of the Ring is a must-buy。 Five out of five stars。 。。。more

Megan Kirby

40 years of wrestling drawings paired with a short essay by Jaime, interspersed through the book。 The writing is illuminating to his process--and the compulsion behind his artistic approach。 Fantagraphics does a lovely job with the book design。 The drawings are large and high-quality, which really lets you appreciate Jaime's mastery。 I always love the way he draws woman's bodies, and here, they are at their peak power and grace。 No one plays with light and shadow as well as Jaime, either。 Defini 40 years of wrestling drawings paired with a short essay by Jaime, interspersed through the book。 The writing is illuminating to his process--and the compulsion behind his artistic approach。 Fantagraphics does a lovely job with the book design。 The drawings are large and high-quality, which really lets you appreciate Jaime's mastery。 I always love the way he draws woman's bodies, and here, they are at their peak power and grace。 No one plays with light and shadow as well as Jaime, either。 Definitely worth it for Jaime fans。 。。。more