Comic books in 'Love and Rockets Graphic Novels and Collections'

Love and Rockets: Book 21 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 2 of 3 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. Luba: Tome 2 - In his first graphic novel in two years, Hernandez's The Book of Ofelia begins with Luba, Ofelia and company trying to acclimate to life in America. When Ofelia decides to chronicle her life with Luba in a tell-all book, she discovers inspiration in Luba's young children - the one-armed Casimira, Socorro with the photographic memory, the loner Joselito and the silent Conchita. See Latino soap opera and soft-core porn, with touches of magic-realism, all in one! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 260 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

Love and Rockets: Book 22 - 1st printing. By Los Bros Hernandez. Collects the new adventures of Maggie Chascarrillo, as serialized in the Love & Rockets comic book. Maggie is now the resident building-manager of the notorious Capri Apartments deep in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, where imaginary dogs roam its walkways, all the air conditioners are broken, and the empty swimming pool is covered with flies. As if the eccentric, oddball tenants weren't weird enough, Maggie's houseguest and old friend Izzy Ortiz shakes things up with her usual nervous breakdowns, nocturnal screaming, and obsessive fly-swatting. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

Love and Rockets: Book 23 - The Luba Trilogy: Book 3 of 3 - 1st printing. By Gilbert Hernandez. Luba: Tome 3 - Luba: Three Daughters is the final book in Gilbert Hernandez's post-Palomar trilogy, continuing the story of matriarch Luba and her extended family's travails in the United States after her Central American hometown is destroyed at the end of Palomar. It focuses on Luba and her two sisters, Fritz and Petra, exploring the complex relationships that form between family and how the experiences and actions of one generation influence the next. Renowned for his female characters, Hernandez intersperses his main narrative with "The Kid Stuff Kids," a series of lighthearted and playful one-pagers starring the young children of the three sisters, richly juxtaposed against the complex family drama at work in Three Daughters. Hernandez's mix of Latino soap opera, magic realist touches and rich naturalism speak to audiences about the changes that come with age and experience, and they are unparalleled in comics. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. "A Love and Rockets Collection!" Collects Love and Rockets (2001-2007 2nd Series) #11-19. Story and art by Jaime Hernandez. A standalone graphic novel from the Locas universe! It starts with a barely-glimpsed slaying ("Life Through Whispers") and ends with a funeral ("Male Torso Found in L.A. River"). Even though - or perhaps because - he's still carrying the torch for Maggie, Ray diligently pursues the dangerous and annoying "Frogmouth," aspiring actress and full-time train wreck, from seedy bars and back alleys through comic book conventions, all the way to the ultimate, and unexpected, consummation. Meanwhile, Hopey spends an eventful week during which she undergoes a couple of major life changes, both personal and professional - and for that matter cosmetic. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 122 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. FROM THE PAGES OF Love and Rockets, THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE COMICS' MOST SEDUCTIVE HEROINES - "Five six. Hundred twenty-eight pounds. Forty-three twenty-two thirty-six. High soft lisp. Genius level I.Q." That's how motivational speaker Mark Herrera sums up Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, bombshell, former punkette, former psychiatrist, "Z" movie star - in this supremely sexy, constantly surprising graphic novel. And Herrera should know, being only one of many to fall under Fritz's "lithping" spell - others including slobbish rocker Scott "The Hog" and high school nerd turned obsessive bodybuilder Enrique Escobar (and that's just her husbands). Hernandez has taken this suite of stories (including the 48-page graphic novelette "High Soft Lisp"), originally serialized in the second volume of Love and Rockets, and fleshed them out with a dozen brand new pages, creating an original and inventive (and very steamy) volume that, through its connections to his main character Luba (Fritz is Luba's half sister, and characters from the Luba stories pop up here), works both as a standalone graphic novel and a further exploration of Hernandez's rich world. Softcover, 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Jaime Hernandez. Jaime Hernandez's God And Science manages to be both a rollickingly creative superhero joyride that ranges to the other side of the universe and a genuinely dramatic fable about madness, grief, and motherhood. It has now been expanded from its original 100 pages to include 30 new pages including four new full-color faux Ti-Girls covers, several expansions of scenes and an epilogue. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Story and Art by Gilbert Hernandez. Originally serialized in Love and Rockets Vol. II but never completed until now, Julio's Day is Gilbert Hernandez's latest graphic novel, a masterpiece of elliptical, emotional storytelling that traces one life through a series of enthralling vignettes. While Julio's Day has some elements in common with Hernandez's Palomar cycle, this is very much a standalone story that will help cement his position as one of the strongest and most original cartoonists of our time. Hardcover, 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez.

Originally released as a three-issue magazine series in the acclaimed international "Ignatz" format, New Tales of Old Palomar collects, into one handsome book, all three stories, representing Gilbert Hernandez's literary return to the small Central American town of Palomar. These stories feature tales of adventure and everyday magic starring many of Gilbert's most beloved characters.

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $22.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Jaime Hernandez. Publishers Weeklysays, "Even in a long career of masterpieces, [The Love Bunglers] is a revelation." The suppression of family history and the cumulative effects of these secrets are the initial threads that tie together this masterful graphic novel starring Hernandez's longtime heroine, Maggie Chascarillo. Torn from the pages of Love and Rockets: New Stories! Hardcover, 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Jaime Hernandez. Publishers Weeklysays, "Even in a long career of masterpieces, [The Love Bunglers] is a revelation." The suppression of family history and the cumulative effects of these secrets are the initial threads that tie together this masterful graphic novel starring Hernandez's longtime heroine, Maggie Chascarillo. Torn from the pages of Love and Rockets: New Stories! Hardcover, 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Jaime Hernandez.

In Is This How You See Me?, Maggie and Hopey get the band back together - literally. Now middle-aged, they leave their significant others at home and take a weekend road trip to reluctantly attend a punk rock reunion in their old neighborhood. The present is masterfully threaded with a flashback set in 1979, during the very formative stages in Maggie and Hopey's lifelong friendship, as the perceived invincibility of youth is expertly juxtaposed against all of the love, heartbreak, and self-awareness that comes with lives actually lived. The result is no sentimental victory lap, however - this is one of the great writers of literary fiction at the peak of his powers, continuing to scale new heights as an artist.

Hernandez's acclaimed ongoing comics series Love and Rockets has entertained readers for over 35 years, and his beloved characters - Maggie, Hopey, Ray, Doyle, Daffy, Mike Tran, and so many others - have become fully realized literary creations. Is This How You See Me? collects Hernandez's latest interconnected vignettes, serialized over the past four years in Love and Rockets, into a long-form masterpiece for the first time.

Hardcover, 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Jaime Hernandez.

Hot on the heels of Jaime Hernandez's masterpiece, Is This How You See Me?, comes a stand-alone graphic novel that focuses on one of Hernandez's most memorable characters, Tonta, while she confronts her family history. Her half-sister Vivian gets involved with a small-town gangster while Tonta befriends a young woman who keeps tabs on the neighborhood from the surrounding woods.

Meanwhile, back at school, Tonta discovers that Coach Angel harbors a secret while local punk band Ooot provides the soundtrack.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 104 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez. A CRIME THRILLER DOUBLES AS AN ADAPTATION-STYLE META-LOVE AND ROCKETS STORY - A woman comes to the U.S. from Latin America to escape her shady past, only to 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 new life in America. The drug lord's son, Gorgo, secretly falls in love with her and he watches over her like a guardian angel. Danger and corruption (and of course sex) drive the first half of this love story. Long-time Love and Rockets readers will find the storyline familiar... and that's because, in an Adaptation-style meta twist, Maria M. is actually the B-movie film adaptation of the life story of Luba's mother Maria, as previously seen in its "real" version in the classic graphic novel Poison River (available in the Beyond Palomar collection) - starring Maria's own daughter playing her own mother. Confused? Don't be! Maria M. will work perfectly on its own terms as the kind of violent, sexy pulp tale that Gilbert Hernandez has proven so adept at these past several years, and the "source material" for the story will just provide an extra layer of delight for the cognoscenti. Part two of Maria M. will be released in 2014. Hardcover, 112 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.99.