Chelo's Burden

by Jaime Hernández

Book Overview

Notable for their strong female characters and their focus on relationships . rather than on tradtional comic book "action," the stories collected in this volume show how the comic format can be used to create characters and situations as detailed and compelling as in any novel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930193253
• ISBN13: 9780930193256
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Wife of Baths

The comic book creations of the renowned Hernandez Bros are now available in 19 paperback collections. Book 2 features the first of Gilbert Hernandez' "Heartbreak Soup Stories," where busty bathgiver Luba rocks a town "where men are men and women need a sense of humor." Also included are the wacky adventures of Jaime Hernandez' `Locas,' Maggie and Hopey, as well as "Somewhere in California" by Mario Hernandez (the one story in the book with a male lead). Often the stories are serious; mostly they're funny, but they all prove the talent of those redefining the comic book medium, again. This comic is unrated: Violence, Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Situations.