Maria M. 1
Book (italiano):
A woman comes to the U.S. from LatinAmerica to escape her shady past,only to fall into a new shady life.After a go at the adult entertainment business,Maria marries a drug lord and herdangerous past is nothing compared to hernew life in America. The drug lord’sson, Gorgo, secretly falls in love with herand he watches over her like a guardianangel. Danger and corruption (and ofcourse sex) drive the first half of thislove story.Long-time<em> Love and Rockets </em>readers will find the storyline familiar... and that’sbecause, in an <em>Adaptation</em>-style meta twist, <em>MariaM</em>. is actually the B-moviefilm adaptation of the life story ofLuba’s mother Maria, as previously seen in its“real” version in the classic graphicnovel <em>Poison River</em> (available in the <em>BeyondPalomar</em> collection) — starring Maria’s owndaughter playing her own mother.Confused? Don’t be! <em>Maria M.</em> will work perfectly on its own terms as the kind of violent, sexy pulptale that GilbertHernandez has proven so adept at thesepast several years, and the “source material” for the story will just provideanextra layer of delight for thecognoscenti.Part two of <em>Maria M.</em> will be released in 2014.
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