Reading Love and Rockets

A deep dive into the first 50 issues of the Hernandez Brothers' acclaimed comic series, this scholarly book seeks to answer the question: What makesLove and Rocketssuch an enduring classic of the medium?

Publisher Marketing: The new book is welcoming enough that newbies won't be lost, but also provides plenty of fascinating details for long-time fans.-- "Cinema Sentries" Review Quotes : Sobel is the perfect person to help shepherd this book: He's written at length about Love and Rockets , and always with insight and intelligence.-- "CBR" Review Quotes : A genuine phenomenon and classic of comics entertainment, Love and Rockets should be compulsory reading for any friend of the art form. This companion tome will make navigating the huge interconnected Hernandez universe simplicity itself and I thoroughly commend it.-- "Comics Review" Review Quotes : I don't really understand why the material of Love and Rockets isn't widely regarded as one of the finest pieces of fiction of the last 35 years. Because it is.--Neil Gaiman Brief Description : "Over 40 years ago, Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez transformed the comics scene with their seminal series, Love and Rockets. In Reading Love and Rockets, Eisner-nominated author Marc Sobel offers at once an engaging entry point for readers and an invaluable resource for fans to deepen their understanding of the Hernandez brothers' literary universe. Focusing on the series' first 50 issues, Sobel explores the evolution of its characters and storylines, its idiosyncratic cultural influences, and its creators' growth as artists and writers along the way. Delving into such wide-ranging topics as magical realizing, women's wrestling, and the Southern California punk scene, this guidebook combines Sobel's own observations with analysis from a variety of scholars, critics, and fans to provided insightful perspective on a comics masterpiece" -- Review Quotes : Reading Love and Rockets offers a roadmap to the Hernandez brothers' glorious achievement, the influences that shaped it, and the conversations that swirl around it. This book is an indispensable critical companion to the series that defined alternative comics.--Charles Hatfield, Comics Studies: A Guidebook Review Quotes : A lavishly illustrated resource on the art and culture of one of the most important series of all time, Reading Love and Rockets is hard to put down. Sobel's guide offers impressive range and detail, and the result is a compellingly full picture of the world of the Hernandez brothers and their comics masterpiece.--Hillary Chute, Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere Review Quotes : Sobel leaves no doubt that Love and Rockets is the masterpiece of our time! This tour de force synthesis of decades of sedulous sleuthing and deft archival digging into all corners of cultural influence and ephemera allows Sobel to peel back those resplendent palimpsestic layers that suffuse Love and Rockets Volume 1.--Frederick Luis Aldama, Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics Review Quotes : Reading Love and Rockets will instantly become the go-to book for fans of the Hernandez brothers... and all-around fans of graphic narrative, semiotics, sequential art, and American literature. With word, image, and the researching zest of Umberto Eco, Sobel tracks down the minutia and the maxima of the Love and Rockets universe.--William A. Nericcio, Cultural Studies in the Digital Age Publisher Marketing : 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.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 320 | Publication Date: 2024-03-05