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Tonta has a crush on her art teacher, Ray, as well as an axe to grind with an older woman in the neighbourhood. When Tonta finds that the woman, Maggie, is married to Ray, things get complicated. And Tonta does not handle complications well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife Drawing\u003c\/em\u003e showcases Hernandez's brilliant talent for character, weaving relationships, rejections, infidelities, and adventures involving: Tonta's self-involved sisters Vivian, Violet, and Muneca; her colourful pals Gomez, Judy Fair, and Brown Alice; her mother, the infamous 'Black Widow of the Valley'; and of course, the two great loves of Maggie's life, Ray and Hopey. There's also a forest spirit, two weddings, some cosplay, a little pole dancing, and page after page of breathtaking comics by the medium's most wide-eyed romantic. 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An eighth volume densely collates selected essays, reviews, and profiles that appeared in the popular (and unpopular) press between 1982 and 1996, along with over 100 pages of additional, rarely-seen comics from the period by all three Brothers, plus dozens of book and magazine covers—a virtual history of the growth of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e and the simultaneous rise of the literary comics movement of which they were exemplars and trailblazers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduct dimensions for \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets: The First Fifty\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSlipcase: 9.5\"W x 11.5\"H x 9\"D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 27.4 lbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424966951148,"sku":"9781683965541","price":763.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683965541.jpg?v=1774768265"},{"product_id":"love-and-rockets-the-sketchbooks-by-gilbert-hernandez-9781683968795","title":"Love and Rockets: The Sketchbooks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez developed their skills as artists in public, in the pages of \u003cem\u003eLove and Rockets\u003c\/em\u003e, and as quickly as any artists ever have. 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