Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Drawings by Jaime Hernandez 1980-2020

As Hernandez puts it, "It's my Love and Rockets world that's not my Love and Rockets world." This best-of book spotlights the women who are often ignored in pro wrestling in 125 full color illustrations: pin-ups, action shots, fake wrestling magazine covers, all presented in a deluxe hardcover that echoes the lucha libre magazines of the 1960s. Hernandez also discusses the work in an interview with fellow cartoonist Katie Skelly.
Despite having created one of the most expansive and remarkable casts of characters of any cartoonist who ever lived (under the umbrella of the ongoing L&R comic book series), acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez -- Will Eisner Hall of Famer; Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz, and PEN Award winner; L.A. Times Book Prize winner; and on a very short list of contenders for the title of America's Greatest Living Cartoonist -- has been privately amassing a body of work that no one else has ever seen for over 40 years. Until now.


Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 128
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 10.30h x 8.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781683964452


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/26/2021

About the Author
Hernandez, Jaime: - Jaime Hernandez is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning (Will Eisner Hall of Famer; Harvey, Ignatz, and PEN Award-winner; L.A. Times Book Prize) cartoonist and a lifelong Los Angelean.Skelly, Katie: - Katie Skelly is a cartoonist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.