The Hernandez brothers, writer Jeremy Dauber, and why ‘90s female musicians are director Clea DuVall’s Treat

The Treatment

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, also known as the Hernandez brothers, who created the Love and Rockets comics, now out in a special boxed set commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first issue. Next, Jeremy Dauber, author of “American Comics: A History” joins to give historical perspective and round out the comics conversation. And finally on The Treat, actor and director Clea DuVall explains how ‘90s alternative female rock made her feel less alone as a struggling teenager and still inspires her in her work.

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0:00.0	From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.
0:12.7	It's The Treatment.
0:15.5	It's The Treatment. I'm Elvis Mitchell.
0:17.2	One of the most immense events in history is happening this year.
0:22.1	The first 50 issues of Love and Rockets have been put together in a beautiful box set to the creators.
0:31.7	Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez are here with me.
0:34.1	Guys, I can't thank you enough for doing this.
0:36.0	And one of the things I want to say about this box is that the reproductions are so beautiful. Because so often when we get these kinds of reproduction of these books, we sort of feel that there have been corners cut. And obviously, because you guys still have a lot of the original art, you were able to and supervise a beautiful printing of this weren't you well actually they just printed it from
1:00.4	the old old stats I guess they did I don't know what they did but it is really I've seen it
1:05.8	looks really amazing best printing probably some of the best printing we've ever had. Maybe because it's new? I mean, a new technology or something?
1:15.6	No, these books aren't new. I'm sorry to break it to you like that. I don't think these books are new.
1:22.6	But it's amazing because, you know, we talk about Love and Rockets and the influence of it.
1:30.8	And I was just thinking about this last night as I picked up the new issue of The New Yorker.
1:37.6	There's a piece on the Spice Girls, and the illustration is clearly influenced by you guys.
1:44.9	I don't know if you've had a chance to see this or not yet, but it could be a cover, just the way the women's bodies are treated.
1:46.9	And there's something you guys do.
1:53.8	I don't think anybody, and I'm speaking to both of you here, can depict a smiling face the way you do.
1:56.9	I mean, there's just these such complex things you do.
1:59.0	I want you both to talk about that.
1:59.9	I mean, let's start with you bet.
2:05.7	I mean, just what does a smile mean to you in terms of trying to get it across on the page? Boy, I'm just, I think I'm just aping Dan De Carlo. I'm not really sure. I think it started as that, but we should,
2:13.5	and we should say Dan De Carlo, a famous Archie comics artist before we get too deep into
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