Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Leading Ladies, LGBTQ, Literature, Mature, Romance, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Superhero
Publisher:ย Fantagraphics Books
Vol 1: July 2008
Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 rebooted the beloved Love and Rockets series in 2008 as an all-new annual graphic novel length package. Jaime launches the new format with a story that’s unusual even for him… A full-on, pulse-pounding super-hero yarn! Penny Century realizes her longtime dream of acquiring super-powers, but at a terrible personal cost. Now she rampages through the galaxy, half mad with grief, and a motley group of super-heroes assembles to try to stop her — led by Boot Angel and her mysterious neighbor Alarma! Then Gilbert Hernandez explodes with a similarly generous helping of his fantastically creative one-shot short stories: “Papa” (a turn-of-the-century story involving a traveling businessman); “The New Adventures of Duke and Sammy” (super-powered Martin and Lewis impostors in outer space); “Victory Dance” (Into the Wild as re-imagined by Beto); “Chiro el Indio” (written by third brother Mario Hernandez); “Never Say Never” (a kangaroo gets lucky in Las Vegas); and the mysterious wordless mood piece simply titled “?” The epic-length 50-page story (only the first half of the saga!) combines Jaime’s razor sharp characterization and superlative art with wildly inventive, Kirby-style slam-bang super-hero action. Then Gilbert Hernandez explodes with a similarly generous helping of his fantastically creative one-shot short stories: “Papa” (a turn-of-the-century story involving a traveling businessman); “The New Adventures of Duke and Sammy” (super-powered Martin and Lewis impostors in outer space); “Victory Dance” (Into the Wild as re-imagined by Beto); “Chiro el Indio” (written by third brother Mario Hernandez); “Never Say Never” (a kangaroo gets lucky in Las Vegas; and the mysterious wordless mood piece simply titled “?”. One hundred pages of Jaime, Gilbert and Mario Hernandez at the peak of their powers: this is a major graphic-novel event!
