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The Hernandez brothers' decades-spanning oeuvre can seem overwhelming to new readers, so we've put together this handy guide with suggestions on which books to start with, and where to go from there. (For more advice, comics critic Chris Mautner has put together his own well-thought-out "Comics College" guide to Love and Rockets for Comic Book Resources, and Alex Carr of Amazon's Omnivoracious blog offers his own recommendations.)
JAIME HERNANDEZ
FIRST, read Maggie the Mechanic, which contains the earliest "Maggie and Hopey" stories, and follow up with The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. and Perla La Loca, which collect all of the stories from Love and Rockets Vol. 1. OR, pick up the giant Locas hardcover, which collects most of this material in one volume.
Love and Rockets Library (Part 1): Maggie the Mechanic
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Love and Rockets Library (Part 2): The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.
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Love and Rockets Library (Part 3): Perla La Loca
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Locas: The Maggie and Hopey Stories
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THEN, you can follow Maggie and Hopey's further adventures in Locas in Love (now sold out), Dicks and Deedees, Ghost of Hoppers and The Education of Hopey Glass. OR, find this material in the new hardcover omnibus Locas II: Maggie, Hopey & Ray.
Love and Rockets Book 18: Locas In Love
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Love and Rockets Book 20: Dicks and Deedees
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Love and Rockets Book 22: Ghost of Hoppers
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Love and Rockets Book 24: The Education of Hopey Glass
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Locas II: Maggie, Hopey & Ray
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AND, Whoa Nellie is a standalone story starring supporting characters from the "Locas" universe (the collection is now sold out, but the 3-issue miniseries is still available), while Love and Rockets Vol. II #20 (also now sold out) contains the "La Maggie La Loca" serial which originally ran in the New York Times Magazine.
Whoa, Nellie! #1
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Whoa, Nellie! #2
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Whoa, Nellie! #3
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Love and Rockets Vol. II #20
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GILBERT HERNANDEZ
FIRST, read Heartbreak Soup, and then its sequel Human Diastrophism. OR there is the giant Palomar hardcover (except that it is now sold out). AND, there's Beyond Palomar, which follows some of the Palomar characters into the past and future.
Love and Rockets Library (Part 1): Heartbreak Soup
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Love and Rockets Library (Part 2): Human Diastrophism
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Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
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Love and Rockets Library (Part 3): Beyond Palomar
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THEN, you can follow Luba's stateside adventures in Luba in America, Luba: The Book of Ofelia, and Luba: Three Daughters. OR, the entire Luba trilogy, plus the final chapter from Love and Rockets Vol. II #20, is collected in the 600-page Luba hardcover.
Love and Rockets Book 19: Luba in America
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Love and Rockets Book 21: Luba: The Book of Ofelia
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Love and Rockets Book 23: Luba: Three Daughters
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AND, New Tales of Old Palomar #1-3 feature recent stories not available in book form.
New Tales of Old Palomar #1
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New Tales of Old Palomar #2
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New Tales of Old Palomar #3
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PLUS...
All of the non-"Locas" and non-"Palomar" stories from Love and Rockets Vol. 1, including work from all three Bros. (including Mario!) are collected in the final (for now) installment of the Love and Rockets Library series, Amor Y Cohetes. You can also collect all 7 volumes of the Love and Rockets Library, with every page of material from Love and Rockets Vol. 1, in one handy bargain-priced multi-pack, a savings of nearly $25!
Love and Rockets Library (Part 4): Amor Y Cohetes
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The Complete Love and Rockets Library: Vol. 1
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NEW!
Love and Rockets was reborn in 2008 with Love and Rockets: New Stories, with 100 pages of all-new material from Gilbert, Jaime and Mario in an annual trade-paperback format.
Love and Rockets: New Stories #1
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Love and Rockets: New Stories #2
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COLLECT IT ALL
Many back issues of both volumes of Love and Rockets and its related comics series are still available; we also have most of the original album-sized collections and some nifty, hard-to-find collectors' items as well. Use the links below to browse the whole range of Love and Rockets items:
• Love and Rockets Vol. I - the first comics series, 1982-1996
• Love and Rockets Vol. II - the second comics series, 2000-2007
• Love and Rockets: New Stories - the third volume of L&R, now formatted as an annual trade paperback, 2008-
• Love and Rockets Library - handsome new softcover collections compiling every story from Vol. 1
• Love and Rockets: Original Collections - album-sized books containing the original reprints of the Brothers' work 1982-2007 — you'll find the omnibus collections here, too
• New Love, Luba, & Luba's Comics & Stories - Gilbert's solo series between Vol. I and Vol. II
• Penny Century & Whoa Nellie! - Jaime's solo series between Vol. I and Vol. II
• New Tales of Old Palomar - Gilbert's recent mini-series in the Ignatz format
• Love and Rockets Collectors' Items - books, one-shots, foreign editions and novelties for the Hernandez Brothers fan
Browse by Brother:
• Gilbert solo
• Jaime solo
• The Brothers in tandem
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