{"product_id":"9781606993422","title":"Penny Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Collects the first several years' worth of stories immediately following the conclusion of the first volume of 'Love and rockets'\"--P. [4] of cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: The eighth volume of  The Complete Love and Rockets Library is the fourth omnibus edition of writer-artist Jaime Hernandez's Locas storyline. It starts off with a blast with \"Whoa, Nellie!,\" a graphic novelette in which Maggie, who has settled in with her pro-wrestler aunt for a while, experiences that wild and wooly world first-hand. Then it's back to chills and spills with the old cast of Hopey, Ray Dominguez, and Izzy Ortiz -- including Maggie's romantic dream fantasia \"The Race\" and the definitive Ray story, \"Everybody Loves Me, Baby.\" Penny Century also features two major \"flashback\" stories: \"Bay of Threes\" finally reveals the full back story behind Beatriz \"Penny Century\" Garcia, Maggie's long-time, bleached-blonde bombshell friend, while \"Home School\" is one of Hernandez's popular looks at his characters' lives from when they were little kids, drawn in an adorable simplified  Dennis the Menace -style. These comics originally appeared from 1996 to 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2010-04-01\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48276949500130,"sku":"9781606993422","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/0005\/1501\/files\/9781606993422.jpg?v=1787906634","url":"https:\/\/www.mangadeal.com\/products\/9781606993422","provider":"Manga Deal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}