Out of all the Vertigo titles that were announced as part of their line relaunch, The Twilight Children was one of the most mysterious yet most anticipated. The series’ writer, Gilbert Hernandez, forms one-third of the team behind the incredible character driven stories that filled the pages of Love and Rockets. Darwyn Cooke, the series’ illustrator, has become […]
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The Hernandez Brothers, Gilbert, Jaime & Mario, are trailblazers of modern graphic storytelling. Premiering in 1981, their personal comics anthology Love and Rockets spawned from healthy doses of classic superhero/Archie comics, undergrounds like Zap, and punk rock music of the late 1970’s. Their stories are character driven, semi-autobiographical, complex, and sometimes surreal. They are their own 3-man “Miramax” of the independent comics industry, cranking out bunches of original, unconventional material each year.
This week marked the release of Love and Rockets Volume 3 #7, published by Fantagraphics Books. After the original run of 50 magazine-sized issues, and a 20 issue, comics sized Volume 2, fans now get to look forward to a new 100 page soft cover book each year. Most stories from the series end up in their own collections(usually with extras), like with Gilbert’s epic Palomar story-line, and Jaime’s chronicles of Maggie & Hopey.
The influence of Los Bros. Hernandez can be seen throughout the U.S. and abroad at the multitude of comics conventions, and zine-fests. As Kirby, Ditko, and Eisner laid down the foundation for modern mainstream comics, so has The Hernandez Brothers’ work done for the modern independent cartoonist.
You can follow the latest updates on what’s next for the Hernandez Brothers, and Love and Rockets at their facebook page here.
Also, Gilbert Hernandez has recently started a new weekly comic strip at VICE.com here.
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Well, this is pretty near the second coolest thing that ever existed. Writer Gabe Soria figured out all the music that was ever mentioned in Jaime Hernandez’es Locas stories in Love and Rockets and made a play list out of it. Here it is, the perfect punk and dark sounds track for your adventures driving out on the coast in the middle of the night, attending a backyard barbecue full of intrigue or having a heart broken. As he notes the mosic of Ape Sex and Las Lloronas will only exist in our imaginations, and he had to make an educated guess for “The Death of Speedy” but it works.
The coolest thing ever? Still Love and Rockets.
Yeah, we will have to give it another issue to really get going. Which is sad, because this issue was gorgeous. Cooke and Stewart delivered just stunning work every panel. Unfortunately the story is nothing to get excited about yet. And I’m a gigantic Gilbert Hernandez fan.
Honestly, it read to me like the Palomar side of Love and Rockets but without the sexual overtones, which is fine with me. It’s probably the best thing with a Vertigo label I’ve read in years and years.
I think Beto’s Vertigo work is kind of an interesting animal, as he leans a little more Lynch and less Almodovar or Waters. I prefer when he’s in the latter mode, but its hard not to celebrate any new work from the elder Hernandez. Easily the highlight of my comics reading week, Two Brothers aside.