Go, Listen: Older Jessica Abel Interview On Discovering Love And Rockets While In College

There's a nice interview here being re-run with the cartoonist and educator Jessica Abel about her discovery of Jaime Hernandez's work in Love And Rockets as a college freshman. It was brought back to the front lines to pair with a more recent piece on Scott McCloud -- perhaps this one.

I hadn't thought about it before, but the compelling worlds that both Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez created might be really appealing to displaced students grappling with what community means, potentially for the first time. I know when Love And Rockets hit for me, it was some of the depictions of the neighborhood in Death Of Speedy that did it. There was something completely familiar and completely alien to me about the experiences being shared.

It looks like Abel also received some recognition in this for trailblazing in terms of being a prominent alt-cartoonist from an era where that was particularly male-dominated, something I think she deserves and something that's become much more a part of the forefront of comics as it exists right now. Abel had a real force of personality and presence on the page that made a significant impact on people, and for a time she was synonymous with people working in that part of the field.
 
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