Love and Rockets (2001-2007 2nd Series) Comic-Sized comic books 2001
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Issue #1
Published Jan 2001 by Fantagraphics.$27.00
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by Gilbert, Jaime, & Mario Hernandez Fantagraphics Books is proud and elated to announce the return, after a five-year hiatus, of the comic book that changed the industry forever: Love and Rockets, reuniting all three Hernandez Brothers! Jaime picks up the newly-divorced Maggie's story as she returns to the old neighborhood to try to reconnect with her past; in the first issue she meets up with everyone's favorite Hoppers resident, Izzy Ortiz. Gilbert launches a thrilling new graphic novel, "Julio's Day," about a man's life from 1900 to 2000. Every person gets his day... or does he? Finally, Gilbert (artist) and Mario (writer) collaborate on "Me for the Unknown," a tale of political intrigue, dumping on the little guy, psychosis, and violent revenge reminiscent of some of their earliest L&R stories (or their Mister X "Tales of Somnopolis" stories). Deluxe paper, cardstock covers. MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #2
Published Jul 2001 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
by Gilbert, Jaime, & Mario Hernandez The second great issue of the second volume of the comic that revolutionized comics ? Love & Rockets! Los Bros. Hernandez are back and better than ever! In Beto's "Julio's Day," Julio goes to school, encounters bullies, difficult school work, attention deficit disorder, and the slow destruction of passion and creativity by the school system. Mario gives us part two of "Me for the Unknown," a story filled with crooked politicians and revolution in the Comprachican bayou. And in Jaime's tale, Maggie asks herself, "Does the world suck or do I suck? That is the question." while Izzy is still in her apartment and someone called The Frogmouth wants to be her best friend. Cardstock cover. Quarterly. MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg Cover price $3.95.
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Issue #3
Published Nov 2001 by Fantagraphics.$6.00
by Los Bros. Hernandez Marked by TIME Magazine as one of the top 100 innovators to look out for, Los Bros. Hernandez' continue with the alternative series that started it all. This issue, in Gilbert's "Julio's Day," Julio gets a break from the horrors of childhood and focuses on his sister Sofia's horrors: unrequited love, mysterious neighbors, and food poisoning; plus, his baby brother Benjamin is born ? will he also live under Julio's unlucky star? In Jaime's new "Maggie" episode, Maggie and the Frog Mouth go sunbathing, and whenever the Frog Mouth's around you never know what's going to happen! Finally, in the latest chapter of Mario and Gilbert's action thriller "Me for the Unknown," Lillard goes for a new identity with mixed results. Deluxe paper, cardstock covers. MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg Cover price $3.95.
