Speedy Ortiz' död #[nn]

Published by Epix in 1992, this Swedish-language album brings Jaime Hernandez's richly textured Locas world to Scandinavian readers under the title "Speedy Ortiz' död." Hernandez's cover — signed "Xaime '89" — is a sun-drenched street scene alive with personality: a laughing young woman in a red top and white shorts leans warmly into a dark-shirted young man bathed in a halo-like starburst, while a handful of neighborhood figures mill about near a payphone and a classic car. The warmth and melancholy that define Hernandez's barrio portraits are on full display here, making this a genuinely inviting entry point for the "Ray D kommer tillbaka" story within.