The Love and Rockets Companion contains interviews with Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez, foldout family trees for both Gilbert's Palomar and Jaime's Locas storylines, unpublished art, a character glossary, timelines and the most wide-ranging Hernandez Brothers bibliography ever compiled, including album and DVD covers, posters and more. A must-have for old fans and for those new to the series, it will make jumping in seem less daunting.

(W) Marc Sobel (A/CA) Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets by Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez is one of the greatest comic series ever created. However, running consistently for 40 years and encompassing a diverse array of characters, settings, and cultural influences, this literary universe can be daunting to explore. With Reading Love and Rockets, writer Marc Sobel offers an accessible entry point into L&R, an invaluable resource to both new readers and fans who want to deepen their understanding of the series.Reading Love and Rockets hones in on the first 50 issues of the series, tracking the evolution of the characters and storylines, as well as the Hernandez Brothers? growth as artists and writers across this 15-year span of creation. Breaking down each issue in sequence, Sobel blends together his own sharp-eyed observations with analysis from a variety of scholars, critics, and fans to provide a well-rounded perspective on the series. Plus, explorations into topics as wide-ranging as magical realism, women?s wrestling, and the Southern California punk scene