A woman comes to the U.S. from Latin America to escape her shady past, onlyto fall into a new shady life. After a go at the adult entertainment business,Maria marries a drug lord and her dangerous past is nothing compared to her newlife in America. The drug lord's son, Gorgo, secretly falls in love with her andhe watches over her like a guardian angel. Danger and corruption (and of coursesex) drive the first half of this love story. Long-time Love and Rockets readerswill find the storyline familiar... and that's because, in an Adaptation-stylemeta twist, Maria M. is actually the B-movie film adaptation of the life storyof Lub's mother Maria, as previously seen in its real version in the classicgraphic novel Poison River (available in the Beyond Palomar collection) starringMaria's own daughter playing her own mother. Confused? Don't be! Maria M. willwork perfectly on its own terms as the kind of violent, sexy pulp tale thatGilbert Hernandez has proven so adept at these past several years, and thesource material for the story will just provide an extra layer of delight forthe cognoscenti. Part two of Maria M. will be released in 2014.
