Out Sept. 19.
The Love and Rockets Companion: 30 Years (and Counting)
contains three incredibly in-depth and candid interviews with creators
Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez: one conducted by writer Neil Gaiman (Coraline);
one conducted some six years into the comic’s run by longtime L&R
publisher Gary Groth; and one conducted by the book’s author, spanning
Gilbert’s, Jaime’s and Mario’s careers, and looking to the future of the
ongoing series, with a follow-up conversation with Groth. This book has
foldout family trees for both Gilbert’s Palomar and Jaime’s Locas
storylines; unpublished art; a character glossary (which is handy,
considering that Gilbert alone has created 50+ characters!); highlights
from the original series’ anarchic letters columns; timelines; and the
most wide-ranging Hernandez Brothers bibliography ever compiled,
including album and DVD covers, posters and more. The
obsessive-yet-accessible detail and high production values make it a
must-have for comics collectors, scholars, libraries and old and new
fans alike: for those new to the series, it will make jumping in seem
less daunting. For longtime fans, it clears up confusion that even those
devoted to the groundbreaking alternative comic over its 30-year run
can experience, given the sheer amount of material and sophisticated
storytelling techniques (such as flashbacks, flash forwards, elliptical
narrative and magical realism).
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