Marble Season

"In this semi-autobiographical tale, Mr. Hernandez captures the wonder of childhood -- the joy of imagination, an appreciation for comic books and all the ultimately petty but seemingly world-shattering trials and tribulations of friendships during that time in one's life.""--""New York Times""Set i [...]
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"In this semi-autobiographical tale, Mr. Hernandez captures the wonder of childhood -- the joy of imagination, an appreciation for comic books and all the ultimately petty but seemingly world-shattering trials and tribulations of friendships during that time in one's life.""--""New York Times""Set in a lower-middle-class multiracial Southwestern suburb in the early 1960s, "Marble Season" is a wonderfully evocative account of a group of kids for whom popular culture... serve as both a lingua franca and a not wholly reliable guide to the mysteries of social life...in "Marble Season," the slow encroachment of adolescence, both a threat and a promise, gives the work emotional heft.""--The Globe & Mail"The untold coming-of-age story from a contemporary comics master
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Marble Season" is the semiautobiographical novel by the acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece "Palomar" and cocreator, with his brothers, Jaime and Mario, of the groundbreaking Love and Rockets comic book series. "Marble Season" is his first book with Drawn & Quarterly, and one of the most anticipated books of 2013. It tells the untold stories from the early years of these American comics legends, but also portrays the reality of life in a large family in suburban 1960s California. Pop-culture references--TV shows, comic books, and music--saturate this evocative story of a young family navigating cultural and neighborhood norms set against the golden age of the American dream and the silver age of comics.
Middle child Huey stages Captain America plays and treasures his older brother's comic book collection almost as much as his approval. "Marble Season" subtly and deftly details how the innocent, joyfully creative play that children engage in (shooting marbles, backyard performances, and organizing treasure hunts) changes as they grow older and encounter name-calling naysayers, abusive bullies, and the value judgments of other kids. An all-ages story, "Marble Season" masterfully explores the redemptive and timeless power of storytelling and role play in childhood, making it a coming-of-age story that is as resonant with the children of today as with the children of the sixties.