Taking Cues from the Greats

Los Bros Hernandez, or the Brothers Hernandez(Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario) are legends in the comic book/sequential art world. I posted about them some years ago on this blog. 

Right now, as I draft this webcomic series, Summer to Winter, I have to hearken to my heroes and sheroes in comics.

[FROM MY TWITTER PAGE]Here is what I tweeted earlier today:

Taking cues from #LosBrosHernandez 'Playbook' by showing a character going thru physical time, changing emotions, in just a few panels. Will speak more on this soon on 'Pretty in Print' #blog - inprettyprint.blogspot.com "Summer to Winter" by C. K. F. Welsh Jr(1/2022). #FurryComic

"Peter's discontent"(Summer to Winter) P1

"Peter's discontent" (Summer to Winter)P2

What I mean is, if you're familiar with The Hernandez Brothers, and in my case, I mean Gilbert and Jaime, this pivotal scene involves my male love interest and how, even though he seems to have it all, he does not have it ALL. He has loving family and friends, good looks, he's from old money, and he doesn't lack in dates and casual hook-ups. But he knows he's lonely and there's something missing. 

I took a cue from how Gilbert and Jaime show the passages of time and corporeal space in just a few panels, but the emotional impact within the characters is enough to stun the reader. I'm no Hernandez, but, I hope by remembering how the Hernandez's brothers' techniques they use in their collected works, series, one-shots, crossovers, and universes, that I did this two-pager, in showing Peter's emotional state versus how glamorous his life seems to be, justice.

Celebrate Banned Books Week With Me!

[Facebook Post - Orig. 9/26/15]

Banned Books Week Started on Sept. 25th!

Gilbert Hernandez's "Heartbreak Soup"

Jaime Hernandez's "Maggie the Mechanic"

September 25, 2016 - October 1, 2016 

Celebrate Banned Book Week with any Hernandez Brothers' "Love & Rockets" comic from their long-running series!

Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez have been and continue to be pioneers in the comic book world. They are highly well-respected and admired in the comic industry as well as for their storytelling skills and enduring, universal fiction. Each brother has his own illustrative style and create incredible series and short comic stories that stand dynamically on their own. Yet, the Hernandez Brothers often collaborate and their joining of talents produce magical results.

With their shared worlds, mini-stories, use of cross-genres: realism, sci-fi, fantasy, magical realism, alternative lifestyles, fully-realized Latin characters, multicultural society, biographies, and family history thrown into the mix. 

Also, the brothers have an ongoing story about a fictional Latin town by the name of Palomar. Pick up their single issues. Pick up their collected volumes. Pick up their new stories. Pick up their classic stories. It doesn't matter. 

Support BANNED BOOKS WEEK by reading two of the powerhouses in comic books!