In 2007 the scholarly journal "MELUS" (publication of the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) devoted an entire issue to the literary and sociological representations of race and ethnicity in comics. The issue was guest edited by Derek Parker Royal, and it included essays on older graphic narratives (such as Jackie Ormes's "Torchy Brown" and Miné Okubo's "Citizen 13660"), more recent graphic novels (Ho Che Anderson's "King", Ben Katchor's "The Jew of New York", and Mark Kalesniko's "Mail Order Bride"), as well as various comic book series (Dwayne McDuffie's "Deathlok", Adrian Tomine's "Optic Nerve", and Los Bros Hernandez's "Love and Rockets"). Gilbert Hernandez illustrated the cover, and the issue included an interview with him as well.