As readers of this site are no doubt aware (to say the least!), Jaime Hernandez's contribution to the recently released Love and Rockets: New Stories #4, "The Love Bunglers," magisterially ties together some 30 years of history for its leading players, Maggie Chascarillo and Ray Dominguez. Now, the Hooded Utilitarian's Ng Suat Tong has shown us exactly how.

His annotations for "The Love Bunglers" take the story's many flashback panels, including all the scenes from the story's centerpiece two-page spread, and place them side by side with the original scenes to which they're flashing back, some of which were first published literally decades ago. It's stunning to see how Jaime reinterpreted and re-interpolated his previous work-- hifting our POV from one angle to another, showing moments that took place between the moments he depicted in the past, and of course re-drawing classic characters and scenes in his current style. Besides being a really useful post from a story perspective--surely everyone who read "The Love Bunglers" was hoping someone would do exactly this--as a demonstration of Jaime's artistic intelligence and prowess, it's tough to top. But then, so is "The Love Bunglers."