ThreeFritzB-movies:oneisentirelynew,whiletwoofthetalesareexpandedfromtheiroriginalappearancesintheongoingLoveandRocketscomicbookseries.Thetitularstory,“ProofThattheDevilLovesYou,“isafableaboutafreespirit,Bula,playedbyFritz.SomethingstrangeisgoingoninatownveryreminiscentofPalomar.GiselandKikiaredeterminedtounderstandwhythehamlet’sresidentsareactingsofoolishly--isitsomethingintheair?Andwhycan’tGiselleave?Butwhenthere’saviolentturn,evidencepointstowardthesupernatural.Then,Fritzplaystheroleofan“astronette“onanexistentialjourneythroughspace.ProofThattheDevilLovesYouisthelatestinaseriesofgraphicnovelsfeaturingGilbertHernandez’scharacterFritz,aB-movieactress(andhalf-sistertohisiconicLoveandRocketscharacter,Luba)whosehourglassfigurehasearnedheracultfollowing.WhileGilbertoftenexploresFritz’stroubledlifeoff-screeninLoveandRockets,foryearshehasalsobeen“adapting“herexploitationfilmsinvariousforms,includingaseriesofstandalonegraphicnovelsthatincludeChanceinHell,TheTroublemakers,GardenoftheFlesh,MariaM.,andHypnotwist/ScarletByStarlight.
