Three Sisters

Three Sisters by Gilbert Hernández
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Three Sisters collections material from Luba's Comics and Stories #3-4 and #6-8, Love and Rockets Volume 2 #3-9, #11-18 and #20, Luba: Three Daughters, High Soft Lisp, and the Luba omnibus.

I've been gnawing through the Love and Rockets Library for a couple years now. This was the second last volume to check off the last.

The soap opera of Luba and her half sisters Petra and Fritz continues and possibly concludes in this volume. The book focuses primarily on Fritz, the buxom therapist with a gun fetish and self esteem issues. The entire volume has an undercurrent of sadness despite Fritz' newfound success. Fritz' numerous relationship failures are explored, as is her drinking problem and other issues. Hector and Guadalupe are also featured, mostly in sad stories of unrequited love.

Gilbert's art is as crisp as ever, a great example of how I think comics should look, just like his brother Jaime's. The writing is powerful and sensitive. I was saddened by Fritz's lift almost continuously. It didn't quite get to the point of tragedy porn but it was weighty.

Four out of five stars. The finish line, Amor Y Cohetes, is in sight.

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