Product Description

In 1982, brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez created "Love & Rockets", an astonishing mixture of magical realism, science fiction, and meditations on the human condition which became one of the most critically acclaimed series of all time. This latest volume collects two stories: "Poison River", a dizzying period piece which traces Luba's childhood up to her arrival in Palomar, and "Love and Rockets X", set in the early 1990s, which takes us from plush Beverly Hills to the dangerous East Side. Multi-award-winning writer and artist Gilbert Hernandez continues his densely plotted and deeply imagined tales, often compared with magic realist authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez - a must for any fan of truly adult comics! It is intended for adults!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #241928 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"The graphic equivalent to the fabulism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel laureate." - The Times * "A high point in the comics form, conventional in idiom, but not comparable to any strips before it." - The Washington Post * "An extraordinary, eccentric and very literary cartoonist." - Publishers' Weekly * "Masterful" - Booklist"

About the Author
Born in Oxnard, California in 1957, Gilbert Hernandez (also known as 'Gilberto' or simply 'Beto') shot to fame when Love and Rockets was first published in 1981. Alongside his brother Jaime, 'Beto' crafted the 500-page series, Palomar. He has also created Girl Crazy for Dark Horse comics, Eros Comix' Birdland, and Vertigo's Grip: The Strange World of Men, as well as the TV series The Naked Cosmos.