While Maggie has been the focus of much of Jaime Hernandez’s Love and Rockets work, she’s not the only feisty female of note in his stunning cast of crazy southern Californians. Hopey Glass featured heavily as Maggie’s girlfriend through much of the early years, and this volume lingers on her and Maggie’s ex-boyfriend Ray.
There are two main thrusts to The Education of Hopey Glass: Ray’s struggling efforts to woo a failing actress; and a week in the life of Hopey, as she tries to hold down a new job and experiments with a few new relationships. Proof, as if it were needed, that Jaime Hernandez’s supporting cast of characters could continue to spin out his amazing Love and Rockets stories for decades to come.