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Love and Rockets #16
Love and Rockets, Vol. 16: Whoa Nellie!
by Jaime Hernandez
This women's-wrestling extravaganza follows two tag-team partners as they make their way through the sports scene in Texas.
This women's-wrestling extravaganza follows two tag-team partners as they make their way through the sports scene in Texas.
80 pages, Paperback
First published July 15, 2000
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Jaime Hernández
273 books458 followersJaime and his brother Gilbert Hernández mostly publish their separate storylines together in Love And Rockets and are often referred to as 'Los Bros Hernandez'.
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February 6, 2016
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Whoa Nellie! is the story of Gina Bravo (that gal who had a crush on Maggie in Jaime's previous "Locas" volume) and her wrestling partnership with Xochitl, Vicki Glori's niece (and Maggie's cousin). Xo babysat Gina as a kid, and they bonded over their mutual love of wrestling. Years later they reunited under Vicki's tutelage and pursued their dream of becoming the next tag-team champions. They wrestle their idols, the Birmingham Lady Bashers (reigning tag-team champions since '72), and lose. Unfortunately, it's clear that Gina is a more talented wrestler than the older, slower Xo, but Gina is a team player and sticks to their plan--against the advice of Vicki. Later, when Xo is crowned the women's Texas title by committee, Gina starts to question if pro wrestling is the sport she thought it was. Her doubts are dramatically addressed in the climactic Battle Royale that concludes the book, in which Gina finds herself facing off against Xo, her former teammate.
Whoa Nellie!, Jaime's first book after the conclusion of Love and Rockets, is a minor entertainment (not unlike pro wrestling itself). There's a story here, but Jaime devotes several pages to dynamic (and wordless) wrestling sequences, in which strongly built women throw each other to the mat. But, as he proved with the (superior) Rena Titañon stories in Love and Rockets, Jaime has a genuine appreciation of the sport. If you don't, though, it wouldn't leave a gaping hole in your knowledge of the Love and Rockets oeuvre if you skipped it. Maggie makes a few early appearances in the book, but this is really Gina's story.
Whoa Nellie! is the story of Gina Bravo (that gal who had a crush on Maggie in Jaime's previous "Locas" volume) and her wrestling partnership with Xochitl, Vicki Glori's niece (and Maggie's cousin). Xo babysat Gina as a kid, and they bonded over their mutual love of wrestling. Years later they reunited under Vicki's tutelage and pursued their dream of becoming the next tag-team champions. They wrestle their idols, the Birmingham Lady Bashers (reigning tag-team champions since '72), and lose. Unfortunately, it's clear that Gina is a more talented wrestler than the older, slower Xo, but Gina is a team player and sticks to their plan--against the advice of Vicki. Later, when Xo is crowned the women's Texas title by committee, Gina starts to question if pro wrestling is the sport she thought it was. Her doubts are dramatically addressed in the climactic Battle Royale that concludes the book, in which Gina finds herself facing off against Xo, her former teammate.
Whoa Nellie!, Jaime's first book after the conclusion of Love and Rockets, is a minor entertainment (not unlike pro wrestling itself). There's a story here, but Jaime devotes several pages to dynamic (and wordless) wrestling sequences, in which strongly built women throw each other to the mat. But, as he proved with the (superior) Rena Titañon stories in Love and Rockets, Jaime has a genuine appreciation of the sport. If you don't, though, it wouldn't leave a gaping hole in your knowledge of the Love and Rockets oeuvre if you skipped it. Maggie makes a few early appearances in the book, but this is really Gina's story.
April 19, 2019
Look, any Love and Rockets by Jaime is gonna be better than most any other comic you could be putting into your eyes. That said, this isn't my favorite. Granted, it is CHOCK FULL of beautiful art lovingly portraying women's wrestling matches. But therein lies the rub, for me. There just isn't enough going on in this 3 issue mini that's outside the ring. I appreciate the arc of the story, but it is mostly just a vehicle to deliver the wrestling. 3.5 🌟
November 23, 2018
¡ ***** !
I DESPERATELY missed Queen Rena (Titañon) but even without Xaime's (and Los Bros's) GREATEST character ::=:: ׺¸º×"La Toña"׺¸º×
I DESPERATELY missed Queen Rena (Titañon) but even without Xaime's (and Los Bros's) GREATEST character ::=:: ׺¸º×"La Toña"׺¸º×
February 29, 2020
I didn’t super understand the level of kayfabe the fiction was operating on, but it was a fun lil story & xaime’s tidy lines are as perfect for wrestling as any art can be
December 13, 2020
ai, eu adorei.
gostei da história, simples mas legal.
os traços são lindos lindos, as cenas de luta são muito boas. Pena que é curtinho :(
gostei da história, simples mas legal.
os traços são lindos lindos, as cenas de luta são muito boas. Pena que é curtinho :(
June 29, 2008
How does this get four stars when it hardly has a plot and is almost completely made up of drawings of steatopygous ladies tossing each other about? I'm really not sure, but it does. I think it's that there's something charming in Jaime Hernandez's obsession; also, by this point I'm already invested in these characters. But the first thing is more important. The matches are drawn lovingly. It's like these are his Vargas girls as they poke each other in the eyes and squeeze one another's flesh, and it's sort of wonderful in the same way Crumb's big-legged women are such a turn-on for him, only Hernandez's fetish comes off as considerably more wholesome. This is light work, but it's still worth reading, mostly for the drawings.
June 13, 2013
This is awesome. Rockabilly as it gets! I don't really dig the regular love and rockets faire because I don't care about comic book sex but in stories like this you can see that Jaime Hernandez really knows how to build lovable characters. I wish he did more with this type of story and with Ti-Girls. I'd buy every one!
January 31, 2011
Fan of wrestling, yes. Fan of this? Eh.
October 21, 2011
Lady wrestlers! Women in comics who aren't drawn like action heroes! Great storytelling! Nanas in singlets!
May 28, 2012
I love everything the Hernandez Brothers do, but this is a slight work. Enjoyable, but for L&R diehards. Jamie Hernandez's artwork is flawless, as usual.
May 26, 2012
Great art work and a fun little story.
June 9, 2015
Love and Rockets was great except when it got into the Mexican women's wrestling - then it was Linda stupid.
May 6, 2012
If I had to pick a single favorite Love and Rockets story, this would be it.
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