![]() ![]() A member of The Fabulous Freebirds, Garvin is best known for his appearances with promotions including the American Wrestling Association, World Class Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling. ![]() Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Drawings by Jaime Hernandez 1980-2020 is part of the Love and Rockets series.James Williams (born September 25, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring names "Gorgeous Jimmy" Garvin and Jimmy "Jam" Garvin. Times Book Prize winner and on a very short list of contenders for the title of America's Greatest Living Cartoonist - has been privately amassing a body of work that no one else has ever seen for over 40 years. Hernandez also discusses the work in an interview with fellow cartoonist Katie Skelly.ĭespite having created one of the most expansive and remarkable casts of characters of any cartoonist who ever lived (under the umbrella of the ongoing L&R comic book series), acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez - Will Eisner Hall of Famer Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz, and PEN Award winner L.A. ![]() Golden Girl - as well as former champions Pantera Negra, Miss Kitty Perez, and many more.Īs Hernandez puts it, "It's my Love and Rockets world that's not my Love and Rockets world." This best-of book spotlights the women who are often ignored in pro wrestling in 125 full color illustrations: pin-ups, action shots, fake wrestling magazine covers, all presented in a deluxe paperback that echoes the lucha libre magazines of the 1960s. For the past 40 years, acclaimed graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez has been creating a Love and Rockets-adjacent world - set in the heyday of 1960s and '70s women's wrestling and lucha libre! - with an entirely separate cast of characters who have aged and evolved: the beautiful and brutal Bettie Rey, the I.F.W. ![]()
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